[Stoves] Dehydrator

[Anderson, Paul]

It would be nice to know how much heat energy is actually needed, but the real issue is to have one and put a very small diameter TLUD to give the heat.   (maybe 4 cm = 1.5 inches).   

If the heat output is too much, either    A)   waste some of it    or  B) have a larger or second dehydrator to use the excess heat.

What is costly is the dehydrator.   The TLUD and its fuel are a relatively small cost.    The value of the product could probably support a bit of excess fuel.   

Paul

Doc / Dr TLUD / Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Exec. Dir. of Juntos Energy Solutions NFP
Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu       Skype:   paultlud
Phone:  Office: 309-452-7072    Mobile: 309-531-4434

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stoves <stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org> On Behalf Of Andrew
> Heggie
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 6:48 AM
> To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Subject: [Stoves] Dehydrator
> 
> Here is a story about a dehydrator  for preserving fruit and vegetables on the
> household scale:
> 
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44579530
> 
> It seems to run on a biogas flame from a digester but I see no reason in
> principle why a TLUD stove flame wouldn't work, I guess it would need to be
> considerably lower powered than we usually consider for cooking.
> 
> Andrew
> 
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