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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Jonathan,<br>
      <br>
      You wrote:<br>
      <blockquote type="cite"> we too have had the experience of getting
        smoke and incomplete gasification from very dry seed that was
        stored too long in arid conditions. <br>
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      I suspect you meant to say "incomplete combustion of the gases".  
      I suspect that your very dry fuel did get pyrolyzed all the way to
      charcoal.   (and I suspect that you are not referring to the
      gasification of the char, which should  not be allowed to occur
      inside of TLUD stoves because the high heat of char-gasification
      is detrimental to the metal of the stoves.).<br>
      <br>
      There seem to be enough Jatropha seeds for both pressing them for
      oil AND for using some directly as seed-fuels.  Advantages of seed
      fuels include:<br>
      1.  Already packaged with a natural protective coating (seed coat,
      not referring to the outer husk/shell)<br>
                  a.   to prevent entry of water (until conditions exist
      for sprouting).  Moisture content (MC) is reasonably consistent in
      intact seeds if you give them a little protection from the rain.<br>
                  b.   clean to the touch when handling the fuel.   They
      scoop well, and make no dust.<br>
                  c.   giving curved sides that allow passage of the
      needed Up-Draft primary air in TLUDs<br>
                  d.  (minor negative) prevent quick ignition, so we
      solve that by breaking up a few seeds to be at the top for
      ignition.   But no need to crack them all.<br>
      <br>
      2.  Packed with energy in the form of carbohydrates (and other
      "stuff" like oils that burn).   <br>
                 a.   That is why we do not burn most seeds, because
      they have value as food.   <br>
                 b.   But Jatropha seeds are inedible, so we can burn
      them.<br>
                 c.   The oils can be vaporized by the heat, meaning the
      pyrolysis does not occur for the oils.<br>
                 d.   Therefore, per unit of energy ultimately in the
      combustion flame, there is LESS charcoal produced per unit of
      weight than is the case of wood and maize cobs, etc. <br>
      <br>
      3.  And specifically Jatropha seeds are about the right size for
      collection, storage, handling, air passage.   And do not forget
      that the outer husk/hull can also be collected and used as fuel.<br>
      <br>
      4.  About the press-cake after oil extraction.   What I have seen
      (Mozambique and Uganda) does not appeal much to me as a fuel.   It
      needs further handling, is oily, and oil that does not dry remains
      slippery and therefore is not naturally great for making pellets
      or briquettes stick together.   IF the press cake is being
      produced, then certainly consider using it as a fuel.   But do not
      expect it to be easy or clean or even cheap.   Certainly not as
      inexpensive as the intact seeds.<br>
      <br>
      Again, I will sing the praises of Jet City Stoveworks (Otto
      brothers Jon and David and Prof. David Covert) and of Nathan
      Puffer (Vermont, not NH) for their work with whole Jatropha seeds
      in TLUD-ND (Jiko Safi) and TLUD-FA stoves, respectively.  And also
      Hugh McLaughlin who has done experimental work with oil seeds as
      fuels in TLUDS (used sunflower seeds as a substitute).  <br>
      <br>
      We hope to see the Jiko Safi at ETHOS next week.  Maybe there will
      be sufficient interest and attendance that we can build with and
      upon the Safi work.  <br>
      <br>
      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>
      On 1/20/2013 12:16 PM, Jonathan Otto wrote:<br>
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        Alex,<br>
         <br>
        You and Ron Larson have the memory of an elephant.  Yes, I
        did make early postings to this list seeking help as we tried to
        develop a stove to burn liquid Jatropha oil many years ago. 
        As our German colleagues at Siemens demonstrated over sevearl
        years of interesting failures, a cheap, easy-to-maintain stove
        fueled by plant oils is very difficult or maybe impossible. 
        Then, for our efforts in Tanzania, Paul Anderson came along,
        preaching the gospel of TLUD, and we realized that extracting J
        oil as a liquid fuel was both unnecessary and inappropriate,
        when we can gasify these oils from within the seed. <br>
         <br>
        Moisture level.  We've not done any systematic testing of seed
        moisture levels, but it's rarely an issue since people only
        harvest J seeds when they're completely dry on the vine.  Some
        sun drying helps if they get wet.  Going back to a comment Dean
        made recently about fuel being too dry to gasify well, we too
        have had the experience of getting smoke and incomplete
        gasification from very dry seed that was stored too long in arid
        conditions.  We need more field experience to say anything more
        useful about this.<br>
         <br>
        Carl Beilenberg and J oil for electrical generation.  I have
        fallen out of touch with Carl in recent years, so I don't know
        what my fellow Vermonter is up to these days, but you can bet
        it's highly inventive.  I do know that he used to  run his
        diesel VW on J oil -- quite a trick for such a viscous fuel in
        our northern climate.  Since J seed is still not a traded
        commodity in most places, the economics of using it as fuel --
        solid or liquid -- can't be definitively determined, or I should
        say, will be highly site-specific. The  on-farm price range for
        J seed, excepting ridiculous spikes that occurred during the
        Jatropha silly period of the biofuel bubble after 2005, runs
        from around US$0.12 to $0.25 per-kilo in my experience. 
        Depending on efficiency of extraction methods, quality of seed,
        etc., one can get 1 liter from 3.5 kg - 5 kg of seed. Of course,
        feedstock is only one part of the cost equation.  <br>
         <br>
        Thanks for yoiur interest,<br>
         <br>
        Jonathan  <br>
         <br>
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          Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:14:42 -0500<br>
          From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:english@kingston.net">english@kingston.net</a><br>
          To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
          Subject: Re: [Stoves] Jatropha fruit as fuel?<br>
          <br>
          <div class="ecxmoz-cite-prefix">Hi Jonathan,<br>
            Its good to hear about the progress you have made. I can
            remember your early missives to this list, was it a decade
            ago?<br>
            A few questions... about the stove;<br>
            <br>
            At what moisture level (in the whole seed) do you see a drop
            off in emissions performance when burned in the Jiko Safi?<br>
            Is it easy for the users to tell when the seeds are dry
            enough?<br>
            <br>
            ...about biofuel;<br>
             Part of the idea was to provide electricity or shaft power
            to communities or business with a Lister engine on Jatropha
            oil. <br>
            I remember visiting Carl Bielenberg's workshop where he was
            doing the testing. <br>
            Any success stories there or is diesel always cheaper
            without a carbon consideration?<br>
            <br>
            Alex<br>
            <br>
            <br>
            On 20/01/2013 9:23 AM, Jonathan Otto wrote:<br>
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            <div dir="ltr">Hey Richard,<br>
               <br>
              Not sure why you feel my briquetting education has been
              neglected, since that kind of fuel is not mentioned in any
              of my postings; but I certainly subscribe to Dean's
              comment: we all have a lot to learn about such alternative
              fuels. I would add: and the stoves that burn them in a
              truly clean way.  Which brings up the question: if a
              briquette or pellet is burned in an open charcoal brazier,
              do we have a clean energy source? To put in another way,
              there are no 'clean' or 'dirty' fuels; it's combination of
              fuel and stove that must be evaluated together for
              emissions and other performance parameters. <br>
               <br>
              My densified fuels question to Otto the Senior or anyone
              else who can enlighten me concerning the logic
              of pelletizing Jatropha presscake.  If farmers grow their
              own energy-dense, uniform-sized fuel, i.e., whole Jatropha
              seed, why complicate matters by processing that
              ready-to-use fuel into another fuel? No matter
              how efficient the pelletizing process, it must require
              time and energy. Why not burn these seeds directly in a
              micro gasifier stove, such as our jiko safi?  <br>
               <br>
              Let me try to head off some likely comments. I know that
              there are companies in many African and Asian countries
              engaged in commercial scale production of Jatropha (and
              other biofuel crops) for export of biodeisel. Land
              grabbing and other nefarious activities of some of these
              players are obscene, as once again the global
              north exploits tropical countries for cheap/free land and
              cheap labor to meet its own needs. <br>
               <br>
              Yes, those Jatropha oil export ventures produce presscake
              as a by-product which they pelletize and market for fuel. 
              And yes, some smaller operations in a few countries
              like Uganda, are trying to make a go of producing
              Jatropha-based biofuels for local and regional energy
              markets.  But for all the publicity, most of it
              appropriately negative, in the 'food vs. fuel'
              analysis, there's a lot more to Jatropha than current
              attempts to put the oil in European cars and jet engines.<br>
               <br>
              Far apart from all these recent commercial Jatropha
              ventures, many of which are unprofitable for reasons we
              can discuss another time if anyone's interested, are many
              millions of farmers in over 110 countries who use
              Jatropha as a living hedge and for medicianl uses. Seems
              it's grown in every frost-free area of the world. I've
              found it from Cuba -- it's native to the neo-tropics -- to
              Mali, which has thousands of kilometers of hedges, to
              Bhutan where villagers were obliged to pay a Jatropha tax
              to monks for lighting in floating wick lamps.  <br>
               <br>
              My guess is that over 99% of all Jatropha seed fall to the
              ground and rot, unused. (One study in a district of
              Tanzania where Jatropha seed is a traded commodity found
              that only 6% of  seed is harvested.) As we all search for
              renewable, sustainably harvested biomass to fuel our
              favorite stoves, can we afford to overlook seeds of this
              ubiquitous, multi-use species? <br>
               <br>
              The point of importuning my stove list colleagues on a
              fine Sunday morning is to interest other stove makers to
              look at Jatropha and other energy-rich seeds as a category
              of fuel worth consideration for new stove designs.  We are
              modestly pleased with the performance of the jiko safi,
              but we also know that some of you with far deeper
              understanding of gasification and far more experience in
              stove design could produce a much better model.  Anyone
              want to take up this challenge?<br>
               <br>
              Over to you,<br>
               <br>
              Jonathan<br>
               <br>
               <br>
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                <hr id="ecxstopSpelling">
                From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="ecxmoz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                  href="mailto:rstanley@legacyfound.org">rstanley@legacyfound.org</a><br>
                Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:46:53 -0600<br>
                To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="ecxmoz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                  href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
                Subject: Re: [Stoves] Jatropha fruit as fuel?<br>
                <br>
                <div>Dear Ottos,</div>
                <div>Seems you both need training in briquettemaking .
                  Jon you know where to go in nchi yeti but Otto, where
                  are you based? Seriously, the blends you are finding
                  smelly smokey etc suggests that you get in touch with
                  any of hundreds of others who can train you. </div>
                <div>Richard Stanley</div>
                <div>Monte Rico,</div>
                <div>Guatemala<br>
                  <br>
                  Sent from my iPhone</div>
                <div><br>
                  On Jan 19, 2013, at 18:10, Otto Formo <<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:terra-matricula@hotmail.com">terra-matricula@hotmail.com</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
                  <br>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Josh and Jonathan (Otto),
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>Yes, we are talking about the presscake of
                        Jatropha and it was processed into pellets
                        localy in Zambia, quite easily and with "simple"
                        tools - (no waste of energy)</div>
                      <div><br>
                        We had the same experience as your colleagues
                        using briquettes made out of ricehusks and
                        sawdust.</div>
                      <div>They even started to glow like charcoal early
                        in the gasification process and produced smoky
                        and smouldery combustion.</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>Thast why we prefer to use pellets of best
                        possible quality. </div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>I hope you are correct about<span
                          style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> the gasification of
                          jatropha pellets will destroy the phorbol
                          esters and other problematic compounds instead
                          of emitting them.</span></div>
                      <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Iam a bit
                          worried about the forced draft units, while
                          they seems to blow some parts of the ash and
                          gases into the open air or room.</span></div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>May be the char from Jatropha could have a
                        pestecide effect as well?</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>Otto<br>
                        <div>
                          <hr id="ecxstopSpelling">
                          Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:23:35 -0500<br>
                          From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:yeah.yeah.right.on@gmail.com">yeah.yeah.right.on@gmail.com</a><br>
                          To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
                          Subject: Re: [Stoves] Jatropha fruit as fuel?<br>
                          <br>
                          Otto - FYI jatropha presscake (the mealy
                          material left over once oil has been pressed
                          out of the seeds) can be directly pelletized
                          without further processing. It's pretty easy
                          to pelletize, even with a small, cheaper (e.g.
                          benchtop) pellet press. The mealy presscake
                          still contains some of the oil (think coffee
                          grounds) and it pelletizes well without worry
                          over moisture content or having to use a
                          binder.
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>The pellets burn in a TLUD similar to
                            wood or other pellets, at least by visual
                            observation and temperature recording. I
                            have colleagues that have tried to make
                            cooking briquettes with jatropha seedcake
                            and had a very smoky, smouldery combustion.
                            I believe there are concerns of some
                            potentially toxic emissions (phorbol esters,
                            other compounds?). I have not tested the
                            emissions from TLUD charring jatropha
                            pellets, but there was no visible smoke and
                            the gasifier seemed to operate fine as it
                            does with other types of pellets. It would
                            be interesting to know if firing jatropha
                            pellets in a TLUD destroys the phorbol
                            esters and other problematic compounds
                            instead of emitting them.</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>I first tried to char un-pelletized
                            jatropha seedcake in the TLUD - because it
                            is mealy like coffee grounds no draft could
                            get through and it was a total fail - lots
                            of smoke poured out! This brought the fire
                            department to our Colorado backyard during a
                            fire ban. Whoops.</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>Also FYI char made from TLUD jatropha
                            pellets performed similar for herbicide
                            uptake from simulated natural water as chars
                            made in the same way from pine pellets,
                            bagasse pellets, and bamboo pieces.</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>Josh</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div><br>
                            <br>
                            <div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 19,
                              2013 at 12:29 PM, Jonathan Otto <span
                                dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:ottojonathan@hotmail.com">ottojonathan@hotmail.com</a>></span>
                              wrote:<br>
                              <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px
                                solid; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex"
                                class="ecxgmail_quote">
                                <div>
                                  <div dir="ltr">
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font
                                        size="3" face="Calibri">Otto,</font></p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font
                                        size="3" face="Calibri">Whole
                                        Jatropha seeds can be picked
                                        from hedges on-farm and used
                                        directly in our jiko safi
                                        gasification stove without any
                                        further effort (except maybe for
                                        some sun drying if
                                        harvested during a damp season)
                                        … the most decentralized,
                                        efficient sustainable fuel
                                        system I can imagine.</font></p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font
                                        size="3" face="Calibri">Sure,
                                        urban jiko safi users will need
                                        to buy their fuel seeds, so a
                                        commercial system for transport
                                        and retail sale of seed will be
                                        needed eventually, likely
                                        mimicking some aspects of the
                                        charcoal trade. But it’s just
                                        whole, unprocessed seed.</font></p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font
                                        size="3" face="Calibri">Concerning
                                        pelletized Jatropha fuel, I
                                        would like to understand the
                                        advantages you find in going
                                        through the costs and effort
                                        (including energy losses) of
                                        processing seeds to expel the
                                        oil, then probably milling the
                                        press cake and shells (?) to
                                        uniform size/texture, then
                                        extruding or otherwise forming
                                        the mixture into pellets, and
                                        finally distribute the fuel,
                                        some of which will go back to
                                        the same farmers that grew the
                                        Jatropha seed in the first
                                        place?</font></p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font
                                        size="3"><font face="Calibri">I
                                          know there are technical
                                          advantages to gasification of
                                          uniform-sized pellets, but it
                                          seems to me that round or
                                          ovoid shaped seeds like
                                          Jatropha, castor (I know, more
                                          poisons!), shea or <span>croton
                                            megalocarpus provide this
                                            same advantage, without
                                            going through the
                                            pelletization process.<span> 
                                            </span>What am I missing?</span></font></font></p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span></span> </p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span><font
                                          size="3" face="Calibri">Otto,
                                          the minor</font></span></p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span></span> </p>
                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span><font
                                          size="3" face="Calibri">P.S. 
                                          It's too late for me to retire
                                          'on time'</font></span></p>
                                    <div>
                                      <div class="ecxim">
                                        <hr>
                                        From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:terra-matricula@hotmail.com">terra-matricula@hotmail.com</a><br>
                                        To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
                                      </div>
                                      Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:23:37
                                      +0100
                                      <div>
                                        <div class="h5"><br>
                                          Subject: Re: [Stoves] Jatropha
                                          fruit as fuel?<br>
                                          <br>
                                          <div dir="ltr">Jonathan,
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>We have got some
                                              samples of pelletized
                                              jatropha shells and seeds
                                              from Zambia, after the oil
                                              has been extracted and we
                                              feel that is the way
                                              forward.</div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>We will update you on
                                              the progress, so you will
                                              be albe to retire "on
                                              time".................:)<br>
                                              We are not so worried
                                              about PM in natural draft
                                              gasifiers, but thanks for
                                              the concern.</div>
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>Otto........................<br>
                                              <div>
                                                <hr>
                                                From: <a
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ottojonathan@hotmail.com">ottojonathan@hotmail.com</a><br>
                                                To: <a
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
                                                Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013
                                                09:03:35 -0500<br>
                                                Subject: Re: [Stoves]
                                                Jatropha fruit as fuel?<br>
                                                <br>
                                                <div dir="ltr">Otto-<br>
                                                   <br>
                                                  You 'would guess'
                                                  wrong. <br>
                                                   <br>
                                                  'We should be very
                                                  careful advising
                                                  people' about such
                                                  unsupported
                                                  conclusions.<br>
                                                   <br>
                                                  The challenges of
                                                  gasifying oils found
                                                  in seeds, notably the
                                                  oils of Jatropha seed,
                                                  in a cookstove are far
                                                  different from working
                                                  with most pellets
                                                  formulations. <br>
                                                   <br>
                                                  I keenly look forward
                                                  to news of your
                                                  all-fuel stoves that
                                                  will handle J
                                                  seeds, and the results
                                                  of your tests. I
                                                  sincerely hope
                                                  you develop this soon,
                                                  so I can finally
                                                  retire in peace.<br>
                                                   <br>
                                                  Oh, and when you do
                                                  tests, please include
                                                  particulates in your
                                                  emissions testing, so
                                                  we can finally end all
                                                  this hand wringing
                                                  about 'these types of
                                                  fuel'.<br>
                                                   <br>
                                                  >From the cheeky
                                                  other Otto,<br>
                                                   <br>
                                                  Jonathan <br>
                                                  <div>
                                                    <hr>
                                                    From: <a
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:terra-matricula@hotmail.com">terra-matricula@hotmail.com</a><br>
                                                    To: <a
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
                                                    Date: Fri, 18 Jan
                                                    2013 23:23:48 +0100<br>
                                                    Subject: Re:
                                                    [Stoves] Jatropha
                                                    fruit as fuel?<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    <div dir="ltr">Dear
                                                      stovers,
                                                      <div><br>
                                                      </div>
                                                      <div>I would guess
                                                        that "any"
                                                        gasifier will
                                                        burn jatropha
                                                        seeds or pellets
                                                        cleanly and
                                                        efficient, as
                                                        long as the
                                                        moisture content
                                                        are less than
                                                        10%.</div>
                                                      <div><br>
                                                      </div>
                                                      <div>We have in
                                                        the pipeline to
                                                        test a new
                                                        design of
                                                        natural draft
                                                        gasifiers, using
                                                        jatropha seeds
                                                        and pellets, for
                                                        emmissions and
                                                        toxcic fumes.</div>
                                                      <div><br>
                                                      </div>
                                                      <div>We should be
                                                        very carefull
                                                        adviceing people
                                                        using these
                                                        types of fuel,
                                                        before it has
                                                        been carefully
                                                        tested by
                                                        independent
                                                        institutions.</div>
                                                      <div><br>
                                                      </div>
                                                      <div>Have a nice
                                                        weekend.</div>
                                                      <div><br>
                                                      </div>
                                                      <div>Otto (not the
                                                        famous
                                                        one..........:)<br>
                                                        <br>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <hr>
                                                          From: <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:crispinpigott@gmail.com">crispinpigott@gmail.com</a><br>
                                                          To: <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
                                                          Date: Fri, 18
                                                          Jan 2013
                                                          10:19:11 -0500<br>
                                                          Subject: Re:
                                                          [Stoves]
                                                          Jatropha fruit
                                                          as fuel?<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div><span
                                                          style="FONT-FAMILY:
                                                          'Calibri','sans-serif';
                                                          COLOR:
                                                          #1f497d;
                                                          FONT-SIZE:
                                                          11pt">Dear
                                                          Jonathan</span><br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="FONT-FAMILY:
                                                          'Calibri','sans-serif';
                                                          COLOR:
                                                          #1f497d;
                                                          FONT-SIZE:
                                                          11pt"> </span><br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="FONT-FAMILY:
                                                          'Calibri','sans-serif';
                                                          COLOR:
                                                          #1f497d;
                                                          FONT-SIZE:
                                                          11pt">I am
                                                          interested in
                                                          the general
                                                          layout and
                                                          dimensions of
                                                          a stove that
                                                          will burn the
                                                          seeds well.
                                                          Are you
                                                          sharing at
                                                          this time
                                                          anything
                                                          regarding the
                                                          design?</span><br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="FONT-FAMILY:
                                                          'Calibri','sans-serif';
                                                          COLOR:
                                                          #1f497d;
                                                          FONT-SIZE:
                                                          11pt"> </span><br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="FONT-FAMILY:
                                                          'Calibri','sans-serif';
                                                          COLOR:
                                                          #1f497d;
                                                          FONT-SIZE:
                                                          11pt">Thanks<br>
                                                          Crispin</span><br>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="BORDER-BOTTOM:
                                                          medium none;
                                                          BORDER-LEFT:
                                                          medium none;
                                                          PADDING-BOTTOM:
                                                          0mm;
                                                          PADDING-LEFT:
                                                          0mm;
                                                          PADDING-RIGHT:
                                                          0mm;
                                                          BORDER-TOP:
                                                          #b5c4df 1pt
                                                          solid;
                                                          BORDER-RIGHT:
                                                          medium none;
                                                          PADDING-TOP:
                                                          3pt"><span
                                                          style="FONT-FAMILY:
                                                          'Calibri','sans-serif';
                                                          COLOR:
                                                          #1f497d;
                                                          FONT-SIZE:
                                                          11pt">++++++++</span><span
                                                          style="FONT-FAMILY:
                                                          'Tahoma','sans-serif';
                                                          FONT-SIZE:
                                                          10pt"
                                                          lang="EN-US"></span><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                           <br>
                                                          <div><span
                                                          style="FONT-FAMILY:
                                                          'Tahoma','sans-serif';
                                                          FONT-SIZE:
                                                          10pt">Dear
                                                          Joyce and
                                                          stovers all,<br>
                                                           <br>
                                                          My regrets for
                                                          not responding
                                                          to this
                                                          request 6
                                                          months ago. 
                                                          I admit that
                                                          it got lost in
                                                          my messy inbox
                                                          which I have
                                                          now reduced
                                                          from 6000
                                                          messages to a
                                                          mere 2400, and
                                                          in the process
                                                          uncovered Joyce's
                                                          email.<br>
                                                           <br>
                                                          Burning
                                                          Jatropha seeds
                                                          whole or in
                                                          briquettes in
                                                          open cooking
                                                          arrangements
                                                          is a bad
                                                          idea.  It
                                                          produces a
                                                          smoky, smelly
                                                          fire and
                                                          probably
                                                          exposes cooks
                                                          to toxic
                                                          emissions.  I
                                                          even question
                                                          burning
                                                          Jatropha oil
                                                          in lamps in
                                                          enclosed areas
                                                          for the same
                                                          reason. Maybe
                                                          others know of
                                                          emissions
                                                          studies.<br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="COLOR:
                                                          #1f497d">[snip]</span></span><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
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                            University of Colorado-Boulder
                            <div>Visiting Researcher, North Carolina
                              State University</div>
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                              <div>Mobile: <span
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                                Skype: joshkearns<br>
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                    <span>to Send a Message to the list, use the email
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Stoves mailing list

to Send a Message to the list, use the email address
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to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page
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for more Biomass Cooking Stoves,  News and Information see our web site:
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bioenergylists.org/" target="_blank">http://www.bioenergylists.org/</a>

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Stoves mailing list

to Send a Message to the list, use the email address
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to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page
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for more Biomass Cooking Stoves,  News and Information see our web site:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bioenergylists.org/">http://www.bioenergylists.org/</a>

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