[Stoves] farmed fuels

[Ronal Larson]

> On Jun 23, 2019, at 9:23 AM, Stoves <stoves at foodandfuel.info> wrote:
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> Teddy, 
> we have similar experiences in Malawi with charcoal from shelled maize cobs produced while cooking with the aMaizing gasifiers on a commercial farm. The small biochar goes to the farms tree nursery and the larger pieces are sought after as fire-lighter by the women cooks to take home
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> <amaizing cooking.pdf>
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>> On 23. Jun 2019, at 08:11, Cookswell Jikos <cookswelljikos at gmail.com <mailto:cookswelljikos at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> we have had some pretty good results with maize cob charcoal   http://kenyacharcoal.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-and-use-maize-cob-charcoal.html <http://kenyacharcoal.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-and-use-maize-cob-charcoal.html>  
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>> quite nice as you dont have to spend time cutting it up into small bits and it blends very well with regular branch charcoal for quick lighting and long burning. ( and according to some chefs its makes roast meat taste a bit like ugali...(polenta) which to them is a big bonus) 
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>> the woodvinegar from the maize cobs also seems to show pretty decent potential for helping slow down termite attcks on fence posts etc. 
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>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 12:04 PM hennA1988 <energiesnaturals at gmx.de <mailto:energiesnaturals at gmx.de>> wrote:
>> Hallo all,
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>> not for the first time I try to bring giant reed(arundo donax) into the discussion.
>> Here in Spain, we have many years of experience with it.
>> Although being registered as invasive, it is quite easy to control by simply plowing and/or grazing. 
>> Goats make short work of it by browsing all fresh shoots wherever they grow out of the designed area of the rizoma thicket.
>> Arundo is perhaps the most productive plant in a wide variety of climates and can easily be harvest by hand, even without tools at all!
>> The straight growing stems make it an ideal candidate for use in rocket stoves, densifying can be achieved by just trampling on the dry canes or passing them through a set of rollers.
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>> Cutting the canes to an appropriate length makes them easy to handle and standardize as fuel.
>> And for more industrial processing:
>> They make excellent pellets!
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>> Their capability to clean dirty waters up to potability is legendary, building up soil in it's way.
>> Seasonal management provides good shelter to all kind of wildlife during the main growing season, since there is a good time for harvesting during it's resting months in low season.
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>> What more can you ask?
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>> Valuable building material? Yes !
>> Cut in the right moment, it makes for strong floors, ceilings and walls.
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>> Wonderful guides for tutoring tomatoes and all kind of vines.
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>> And last but not least, it provides the only "legitimate" way to cook a proper paella!
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>> Not enough?
>> I could go on and on...
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>> Try for yourself!
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>> Rolf
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>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 1:09 AM +0200, "peeters frans" <peetersfrans at telenet.be <mailto:peetersfrans at telenet.be>> wrote:
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>> DEARS,
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>>     Sweden uses SALIX.
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>>      Indonesia uses KNOTWEET 3x 270 cm (Japanse duizendknoop )
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>> The strong KNOT make new hollow stalks  every year !!  Only a knife is needed for harvesting . Cut each stalk chamber before burning !
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>> Regards
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>> F.
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>> Van: Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org <mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org>] Namens Kirk H.
>> Verzonden: woensdag 19 juni 2019 22:38
>> Aan: stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org <mailto:stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>> Onderwerp: [Stoves] farmed fuels
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>> Hi All,
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>> Does anyone have any stories about using farmed fuels for cook stoves.  I grew some Pigeon Pea plants last year and the stalks burn well in a TLUD-ND.  They died from the frost during the winter, but we did get a small crop of peas.
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>> Kirk H.
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