[Stoves] ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** Dung Rocket Stove - Failed Test

[Kevin McLean]

Paul, Ron,

The only site I can find on the number of people relying on dung as a
cooking fuel says it is two billion people
<https://energypedia.info/wiki/Cooking_with_Dung#cite_note-Solid_Biofuels_http:.2F.2Fbiofuel.org.uk.2Fsolid-biofuels.html-1>.
I doubt it is this high, but it's probably in the hundreds of millions.
Most are probably in South Asia.

Cooking with dung is exceptionally dirty.  This soot contains black carbon,
a powerful climate forcer.  And this soot contributes to air pollution.

I'm working with a group that is trying to slow glacial melt in the
Himalayas.  Soot landing on glaciers is a primary cause of glacial melt.
Some think that cooking with biomass may be the primary source of soot that
lands on Himalayan glaciers.

I agree that there are better uses of dung.  And I agree that it would be
best if everyone used cooking methods that are cleaner than burning dung.
But the fact is that many millions of families will continue to cook with
dung indefinitely.  It would be good if we can make cooking with dung
cleaner and more efficient until these families transition to something
better.

Kevin

On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 11:59 PM Ronal Larson <rongretlarson at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Kevin,  Paul and stoves list
>
> 1.  What is the reason for this test of a rocket - instead of a TLUD or
> other char-making design?
>
> 2.  I agree with Paul, but I can conceive of cost, time spent,  and CDR
> advantages of charring dung, at lest with certain family situations.   But
> I can’t see those advantages with combusting dung.
>
> Ron
>
> On Jan 5, 2023, at 9:57 AM, Paul Olivier <paul.olivier at esrla.com> wrote:
>
> Dung is not a good fuel.
> It is much better to ferment it and use it as a feed.
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 10:12 PM Kevin McLean <kevin at sun24.org> wrote:
>
>> List,
>>
>> Today we tested a dung rocket stove.  I'm a little surprised that the
>> test was a failure.  Can anyone suggest changes?  And can anyone in India
>> help us with our testing of dung as fuel?
>>
>> This is very similar to a sawdust cookstove.  We made cylinders of dung
>> with vertical holes in the center and let them dry for a month.  We did not
>> mix anything into the dung.  We used 5 liter paint cans to form the
>> cylinders.
>>
>> <Dung rocket stove - wet.jpeg>
>> <Dung cylinder - Failed test.jpeg>
>>
>> We tested with and without a metal can over the dung cylinder.  We raised
>> the cylinder and lit a wood fire under it.  The fire was never strong and
>> there was a lot of smoke.  Here is a video
>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xCrABfFFOVlvtGn925VW8FT9lXl660Zk/view?usp=share_link> of
>> the test with a metal can over the dung cylinder.
>>
>> We seem to be having early success with upright dung sticks in a metal
>> band and top lighting piles of dung patties.  But these need to be tested
>> by people more familiar with using dung as fuel.
>>
>> <Dung sticks in a metal band.jpeg>
>> <TDB of pile of dung patties.jpeg>
>>
>> We could use some help from someone in an area where dung is used for
>> cooking.  None of my colleagues live in such an area.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kevin
>>
>> Kevin McLean, President
>> Sun24.org
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