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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Paul, Prof Bhattacharya,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We’ll post it on the site(s) probably on Saturday. I am doing field work in the Midwest and will be back in the office on Monday. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thomas R. Miles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>T.R. Miles, Technical Consultants, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1470 SW Woodward Way<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Portland, OR 97225<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>503-292-0107<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>503-780-8185 cel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>503-292-2919 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>tmiles@trmiles.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.trmiles.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.biochar.bioenergylists.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya [mailto:sribasb@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> Paul S. Anderson<br><b>Cc:</b> Tom Miles - Stoves - Oregon; Discussion of biomass cooking stoves; Kathy Nafie<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] Gasifier stove and related work at the Asian institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Other technology packages and published papers of the Sida project can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.retsasia.ait.ac.th" target="_blank">www.retsasia.ait.ac.th</a>. The biomass/stove group may be interested the package on drying, which includes a hybrid drier using solar energy and bioenergy from a gasifier stove, heat output of which could be automatically controlled by using a thermostat.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I also coordinated another regional project (Asian Regional Research Programme in Energy, Environment and Climate, ARRPEEC) funded by Sida in three phases during 1995-2005. One of the 4 projects of ARRPEEC was on biomass. Dissemination booklets of ARRPEEC and some of the papers published can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.arrpeec.ait.ac.th">www.arrpeec.ait.ac.th</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The websites above is not operational now. These should be up and running in 2-3 weeks after the flood water recedes. Please let me know if there is any problem.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Paul S. Anderson <<a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu" target="_blank">psanders@ilstu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you. I have received it, and we will hear from Tom Miles about it being posted or not by him. If he does not post it, I can at my site or maybe at the BEF site.<br><br>A document that size cannot go through the Stoves Listserv, so other readers who want a copy will soon be able to get it via a website.<br><br>I believe that similar documents should or could be made available via some websites. What other ones are available? Is there a list of titles you could send?<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>Paul<br>-- <br>Paul S. Anderson, PhD<br>Known to some as: Dr. TLUD Doc Professor<br>Phone (USA): <a href="tel:309-452-7072" target="_blank">309-452-7072</a> SKYPE: paultlud Email: <a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu" target="_blank">psanders@ilstu.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf" target="_blank">www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf</a> (Best ref.)<br><br><br>Quoting "Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya" <<a href="mailto:sribasb@gmail.com" target="_blank">sribasb@gmail.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I am attaching the package mentioned.<br><br>Best regards.<br><br><br><br>On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Paul S. Anderson <<a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu" target="_blank">psanders@ilstu.edu</a>>wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Professor B.,<br><br>Your reply is informative and is the start of some futher actions, I hope.<br><br>Yes, please send to me by attachment the mentioned info about briquetting.<br> Please send it also to Tom Miles <<a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com" target="_blank">tmiles@trmiles.com</a>> who will<br>determine if it can be places on one of the <a href="http://bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">bioenergylists.org</a><br> websites. And I will see about having it placed elsewhere.<br><br>We should consider doing similar dissemination of the other documentation.<br><br>I think that one key to the success of this dissemination will be to have<br>you and others in Asia supplying that documentation (of past, present and<br>future) to some of us who will undertake to increase access.<br><br>Providing access to worthy but lesser-known documentation (mainly on<br>gasification issues) has been an activity of the Biomass Energy Foundation<br>(BEF) for over 25 years, by Tom Reed and now headed by Kathy Nafie.<br>Perhaps this might be another outlet for the Asian information.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br><br>Paul<br>--<br>Paul S. Anderson, PhD<br>Known to some as: Dr. TLUD Doc Professor<br>Phone (USA): <a href="tel:309-452-7072" target="_blank">309-452-7072</a> SKYPE: paultlud Email: <a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu" target="_blank">psanders@ilstu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/**giz2011-en-micro-gasification.**pdf" target="_blank">www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/**giz2011-en-micro-gasification.**pdf</a><<a href="http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf</a>> (Best ref.)<br><br><br>Quoting "Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya" <<a href="mailto:sribasb@gmail.com" target="_blank">sribasb@gmail.com</a>>:<br><br> Dear Dr. Anderson,<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>The briquetting and gasifier stove work I mentioned was carried out under<br>a<br>Sida-sponsored project at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The<br>project involved researchers from 12 national research institutes of six<br>Asian countries, e.g., Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Philippines<br>and<br>Vietnam. The findings of the project were disseminated through national<br>dissemination seminars in these countries; published "Technology packages"<br>were distributed widely in the region and are still available for<br>downloading from the project website. We organized technology transfer<br>workshops, in which a number of NGOs form the region were invited, on most<br>of the technologies developed.<br><br>(There is no restriction on distribution of the technology packages.)<br><br>Unfortunately, the link of the project is not working due to heavy flood<br>in<br>Thailand; AIT appears to be still under 2 m of water. Anyway, I can send<br>you<br>the package on briquetting and stoves as an email attachment (1.33 MB) if<br>you want; please let me know.<br><br>I agree with your opinion regarding lack of information flow, but do not<br>have any clear idea on how to overcome the problem.<br><br>Best regards.<br><br>S.C. Bhattacharya<br><br><br>On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Paul S. Anderson <<a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu" target="_blank">psanders@ilstu.edu</a><br>>wrote:<br><br> Dear Professor Bhattacharya,<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thank you for your message and you offer of the publications. You and<br>your<br>associates have done great work, and having that information more widely<br>distributed (or brought to the attention of more of us) would be highly<br>beneficial.<br><br>Right now for Uganda, we have great interest in the<br><br> "... information package (including construction details) on biomass<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>briquetting machines developed in a number of Asian countries..."<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How could we best access that information? Has it ever been copied in<br>digial format that could be distributed? Are there any distribution<br>restrictions on any of the materials that you mentioned?<br><br>Personal opinion: There is little and insufficient flow of information<br>between the Asian activities and accomplishments and the rest of the<br>world<br>concerning all topics of biomass fuels and stoves and other applications.<br> How can we correct that situation?<br><br>Paul<br>--<br>Paul S. Anderson, PhD<br>Known to some as: Dr. TLUD Doc Professor<br>Phone (USA): <a href="tel:309-452-7072" target="_blank">309-452-7072</a> SKYPE: paultlud Email: <a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu" target="_blank">psanders@ilstu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/****giz2011-en-micro-gasification.****pdf" target="_blank">www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/****giz2011-en-micro-gasification.****pdf</a><<a href="http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/**giz2011-en-micro-gasification.**pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/**giz2011-en-micro-gasification.**pdf</a>><br><<a href="http://www.gtz.de/de/**dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-**gasification.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gtz.de/de/**dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-**gasification.pdf</a><<a href="http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf</a>>><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br> (Best ref.)<br><br><br><br><br>Quoting "Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya" <<a href="mailto:sribasb@gmail.com" target="_blank">sribasb@gmail.com</a>>:<br><br> Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>I would be happy to share some publications arising from the following<br>activities at the Asian Institute of Technology:<br><br>1. Sida funded Regional project: An information package (including<br>construction details) on biomass briquetting machines developed in a<br>number<br>of Asian countries and design of natural- cross-draft gasifier stoves<br>that<br>can operate continuously is available. The briquetting machines<br>developed<br>were improvements on standard screw-press heated die design. Cross-flow<br>gasifier stoves were designed for different sizes; these do not need any<br>blower and can operate continuously without any smoke.<br><br>2. GTZ funded project on Biocoal: We used the term "Biocoal" (rather<br>than<br>"Biochar") for charcoal produced from solid organic residues such as<br>agricultural residues and waste wood. The findings of the project were<br>reported in a book titled "Biocoal Technology and Economics" by<br>"Regional<br>Energy Resources Information Center (RERIC)" (<a href="mailto:email%3Aenreric@ait.ac.th" target="_blank">email:enreric@ait.ac.th</a>).<br>The<br>chapters of the 495-page book were: 1. State of the art of biocoal<br>technology, 2. Biocoal technology: A comparison of options and<br>recommendations, 3. Carbonisation of sawdust briquettes, 4.<br>Laboratory-scale<br>batch carbonisation selected residues, 5. Cost and availability of<br>selected<br>residues in Thailand, 6. Characterisation of selected residues, 7.<br>Biocoal:<br>Market requirements and Opportunities in Thailand, and 8. Economics of<br>biocoal production in Thailand.<br><br>A few copies of the book are still available with RERIC. A number of<br>chapters of the book were summarised as journal articles; I will be<br>happy<br>to<br>share some of these with interested persons for their personal use and<br>research purpose.<br><br>S.C. Bhattacharya<br>--<br>Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya, Ph.D. (Cambridge, UK)<br>President, International Energy Initiative<br>Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and<br> Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata, India.<br>Associate Editor, Solar Energy<br>Former Professor & Coordinator, Energy Program,<br> Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand<br>T2/17A, Diamond City South, 58 M.G. Road, Tollygunge<br>Kolkata 700041<br>Mobile: <a href="tel:%2B91-9831476944" target="_blank">+91-9831476944</a><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------****----------------------------**--**----<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>This message was sent using Illinois State University RedbirdMail<br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>--<br>Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya, Ph.D. (Cambridge, UK)<br>President, International Energy Initiative<br>Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and<br> Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata, India.<br>Associate Editor, Solar Energy<br>Former Professor & Coordinator, Energy Program,<br> Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand<br>T2/17A, Diamond City South, 58 M.G. Road, Tollygunge<br>Kolkata 700041<br>Mobile: <a href="tel:%2B91-9831476944" target="_blank">+91-9831476944</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>------------------------------**------------------------------**----<br>This message was sent using Illinois State University RedbirdMail<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>--<br>Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya, Ph.D. (Cambridge, UK)<br>President, International Energy Initiative<br>Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and<br> Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata, India.<br>Associate Editor, Solar Energy<br>Former Professor & Coordinator, Energy Program,<br> Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand<br>T2/17A, Diamond City South, 58 M.G. Road, Tollygunge<br>Kolkata 700041<br>Mobile: <a href="tel:%2B91-9831476944" target="_blank">+91-9831476944</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------<br>This message was sent using Illinois State University RedbirdMail<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya, Ph.D. (Cambridge, UK)<br>President, International Energy Initiative<br>Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and <br> Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata, India.<br>Associate Editor, Solar Energy<br>Former Professor & Coordinator, Energy Program, <br> Asian Institute of Technology, <span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Pathumthani, </span>Thailand<span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>T2/17A, Diamond City South, 58 M.G. Road, Tollygunge<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kolkata 700041</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mobile: <a href="tel:%2B91-9831476944" target="_blank">+91-9831476944</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>