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Stovers,<br>
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I edited Richard Stanley's message below to focus on fuel drying.
I think the idea is great!!!<br>
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And it can be expanded to be small wire baskets that can hang on the
sides or other means to keep the fuel close to the warm sides of the
stoves. <br>
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Many of the current configurations of TLUD stoves could adopt this
drying method very easily. <br>
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Alternatively for easily portable heat sources like many TLUDs, the
fuel for drying could be in a "cage" or rack of some type into which
the TLUD unit is placed, and then removed as in normal TLUD usage.<br>
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SAFETY NOTE: Fires should not be unattended, and fires near fuels
that are being dried present even greater risks. But this is
because of wayward sparks. In the absence of sparks, however,
merely drying the fuels should not cause spontaneous combustion.
Instead, the biomass might start to reach some torrification (like
the over-browning of a piece of toast), which is not combustion.<br>
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Stovers should consider ways to dry fuels using "waste" ambient heat
near the stoves.<br>
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Paul<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Paul S. Anderson, PhD aka "Dr TLUD"
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu">psanders@ilstu.edu</a> Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.drtlud.com">www.drtlud.com</a></pre>
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On 6/5/2012 2:21 PM, Richard Stanley wrote:
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cite="mid:E9CEC228-B197-47EA-8D0E-BC0CF731FF8F@legacyfound.org"
type="cite"><base href="x-msg://133/">George,
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<div> You could even add a small fingers to hold briquettes
alongside to super dry them for two benefits: near instant and
near smokeless ignition, and emission of desired aromas (eg.,
eucalyptus leaf blends for flea /mozzie repellents, and lemon
grass, cedar etc., etc., as used tradtionally for medicinal /
cerimonial purposes---without smoke). You could, alternatively
... [use]... sheet metal riveted or fastened by simple slots in
stove wall with matching bent tangs in the plate.
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<div>Heres a simple 3D sketch of the idea; am only guessing at
stove shape and configuration <br>
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[DrTLUD says: I was not able to attach Richard's diagram. Imagine
a peg sticking out from the side of a TLUD stove, with a holey
briquette on that peg. Or you can see it in his original message to
the Stoves List. and it should be in the Archives of the Stoves
Listserv. ]<br>
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