[Stoves] Biomass gasifier-burner with thermal efficiency of 60%. Invitation for MSc thesis defense at TUDeflt

[ajheggie at gmail.com]

Thanks for sending Diego Quan 's email and attachments Christa, I am
sorry the listbot seems to have added a spam flag, I don't know why.

If anybody missed the attachments I can forward them.

Andrew

On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 14:22, Christa Roth (bioenergylist)
<stoves at foodandfuel.info> wrote:
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> Dear Stovers,
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> I received this invitation to listen in to a presentation of a Masters Thesis below. If you are keen contact Diego (in CC) to send you the zoom link.
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> Best regards from Malawi
> Christa
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> Am 27.10.2020 um 11:59 schrieb Diego Quan Reyes <D.A.QuanReyes at student.tudelft.nl>:
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> My name is Diego Quan, I am currently finishing my MSc in mechanical engineering at TUDelft. I am sending this email because I know you and your organization have been involved in creating solution for the energy needs of the people living in developing countries (e.g., microgasification). This is a topic that I have dedicated years to, and the very reason why I came to study at TUDelft, in The Netherlands.
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> My thesis is on a novel biomass gasifier-burner "the Kulkan" which reports an efficiency of 60-65%, the highest as of now (compared to the 5-13% of open fires and 25-35% of rockets and TLUD gasifiers). I investigated the concept using highly detailed mathematical models, including computational fluid dynamics of reacting flow -CFD- in 3D, using the cluster here at the Energy & Process department. My supervisor is Professor Dirk Roekaerts, one of the leading combustion scientists in the world.
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> My invention was inspired in years of field and lab work where I tested several cooking technologies, e.g., flat top, rocket, gasifiers, induction, solar ovens, etc, and I have created something that is based on the use of locally available energy resources, which takes into account the cultural needs, which have proven to be determinant in the adoption of new technology.
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> I thought this would be interesting for you and thus I am extending this invitation to join me this Friday 30th at 14:00.
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> Attached you will find my abstract and a conference paper we presented at the World Sustainble Energy Days conferece, Austria 2020, where we won the "Best Young Biomass Researcher Awards" on a previous study testing 7 modern and 3 traditional cooking technologies with 85 families in Guatemala.
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> If you are interested, I will reply with the "Zoom" link.
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> Best regards,
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> Diego Quan
> <DiegoQuan_Invitation_Abstract.pdf><[Quan, Mora & Goel 2019] Performance Evaluation of Traditional and Improved Biomass Cookstoves in Rural Guatemala.pdf>
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