[Stoves] WBT disagrements

[Andrew Heggie]

On 16 January 2018 at 00:52, Xavier Brandao <xav.brandao at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Andrew,
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> *"I read it to the first significant typo and wondered who had proof*
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> *read it amongst the peers before I skimmed the rest."*
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> What do you mean by that?
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It is a long and arcane document, it is not something I have been involved
in so it is a difficult read for me. I'm not even sure what the "global"
tests are required for as I subscribe to Nikhil's view that thermal
efficiency may not be preferred by a cook over other desirable attributes
of a stove. I do think there is a need for comparable testing in order to
quantify improvements and that this should emulate a typical cooking task.

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> Are you talking about the paper "Systematic and conceptual errors in
> standards and protocols for
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> thermal performance of biomass stoves"?
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> I have read it, and didn't find typos. But I’m not a native English
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I salute you, one of my regrets is in never mastering another language

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> What was the typo? Did you only skim read the paper? What did you think of
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I highlighted it at the time but for some reason it did not save, I'll read
through again when I have time and revert.

As to what I though of it, it needed a summary for a lay person, I felt it
was aimed at the upper echelons of those involved with funding to accept a
better method rather than being relevant to my tinkering.

Andrew

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