<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Yuri (cc List)<br>
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As background: Dr. Yuri and I (and at least 8-10 other present stove list members) met in 2000 at the first (?)
stoves conference in Pune, India. We have communicated like this every
few years. It would be a lot more often except for language problems
(his English is imperfect, but a lot better than my Russian). My perception is that Dy. Yuri is the leading char-making expert in Russia.<br>
Alex English has given a short photo essay showing Yuri and others at:<br>
http://bioenergylists.org/stovesdoc/Karve_Conference/Images/bfcspics.htm<br>Alex was also principally responsible for several pyrolyzers that
ARTI (list members Drs. AD and Priya Karve from ARTI were this first conference organizers)
has continued to use and develop. <br>
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See below.<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Yury Yudkevich" <charwood@rambler.ru><br><b>To: </b>rongretlarson@comcast.net, stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, November 3, 2011 12:52:32 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Stoves] Charcoal in Animal Feed and Bedding<br><br><br>Dear Ron,<br> Thank you, that you remember me. I think of you often and heartily.<br> We continue to make environmentally friendly vehicles for the <br>production of charcoal. I hope our presence in this area has changed the <br>views of many industrialists. Environmental cleanliness was one of the <br>principles of modern charcoal burning in Russia. This has an impact on <br>some neighboring countries. 8 large furnaces operating in Russia today. <br>Each furnace making 150 tons of charcoal per month.<br>
<strong>[RWL1</strong>: <span style="font-weight: bold;">That
is nice growth. In 2000, I think you had 2?. But your website talks
of this annual output for the portable units, and larger annual output
for the Polikor and Ektalon units shown at</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/stovesdoc/Yudkevitch/charcoal/</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Can you clarify on which units total 8? Only the portable type? And are your larger units also still in operation?</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
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Imitators have appeared now. They make a small stove, but the principle is the same. <br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">[RWL2: Especially on this list, we
should like to hear more on small stoves. Do these imitator stoves
employ multiple cans that are lifted in and out (thereby being more
continuous than batch). Is any of the produced "stove-char" getting
used in agriculture?</span><br>
<br>This is very much in Russia. I opened a forum <br>http://charcoal.russ-forum.ru/ for learning clean technology new <br>entrepreneurs (in Russian). It has more than 120 subscribers today. I <br>hope that my work is useful for the country and the world.<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;"> [RWL3: Looks like a successful
forum. I have tried to learn a little there (Google translator is quite
good) Can you direct us to particular parts of the forum discussing
activities that you feel are especially new? <br>
Russia has by far the world's largest standing forests. Are they
being harvested so as to maximize new carbon sequestration? To control
forest fires? Does the production of char have any detractors?</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<br> I'll be happy to hear about your life today. I ask you to convey my <br>warmest regards to your wife.<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">[RWL4: Much less of my life now on
charcoal-making or small stoves - mostly on Biochar policy (and would
love to hear more on Russian activities there). All going well.
Gretchen is also well and returns tomorrow from 12 days in Mexico (I am
a bachelor today). She would want to send her regards as well. <br>
Congratulations on all your nice progress in Russia.</span>]<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ron]</span><br>
<br> sincerely yours,<br>Yury Yudkevich. charwood@rambler.ru<br></div></body></html>