[Stoves] Bulk density of LPG vs pellets

Cookswell Jikos cookswelljikos at gmail.com
Wed Feb 14 04:38:52 CST 2018


Perhaps if its there, you can convert plastic waste to an LPG gas type of
cooking situation like these guys in Western Kenya -
https://kenyacic.org/news/turning-plastic-waste-cooking-gas



Teddy Kinyanjui
Sustainability Director



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On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Paul Anderson <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Stovers and friends,
>
> I hope that someone can provide an answer to this question:
>
> The situation:  A fuel for cooking needs to be transported to communities
> in somewhat remote locations.   There are roads that at least allow a
> pickup truck to go in and out year-round.  The people have access to
> locally sources woody biomass fuel, but are interested in having some
> better stoves with processed fuels.   In particular, they are considering
> LPG in standard bottles/tanks that are brought in full, and empties are
> taken back.    They are also considering  pellets that are in typical 40
> pound (~18 kg) bags, with local sales in smaller quanties.   Consider
> initially that the pellets are made in the same location where the LPG
> bottles are refilled.  (We can consider different distances of transport
> later, if of interest).  (also, there will be some differences if different
> sizes of LPG bottles or pellets in super-sacks are used, but that is not of
> much interest in this initial discussion.)
>
> The question:  How much energy can be transported in each delivery trip,
> and which becomes the most economical -- or are they about the same?   The
> LPG has more energy per kg of fuel, but must be transported in metal
> containers that are cylindrircal and occupy much space.   The pelelts are
> in bags that can be stacked (such as on a pallet of pellets).
>
> Boilse down to:   LPG in bottles vs pellets in sacks.
>
> My thanks to everyone who contributes to answering this question.
>
> Paul
>
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