<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Lanny, <div><br></div><div>The stove safety documents on the PCIA website include a description of stove-related hazards, guidelines for safer stove design, and test protocols with metrics to rate stove safety. The protocols were designed for testing in the field with minimal equipment. This acknowledges the financial and technical constraints of small-scale manufacturers in developing countries. That said, most of my safety testing is done in a laboratory, as I expect is common with others on the discussion list. Please let me know if you have any questions. </div><div><br></div><div>Durability testing is not covered in my earlier work. I suggest you contact Christian L'Orange at Colorado State University regarding durability testing (e.g., 10. Structural integrity, an example from your initial inquiry). </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks Christa for the reference! </div><div><br></div><div>With best regards, </div><div>Nate</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Mar 13, 2013, at 12:00 PM, <a href="mailto:stoves-request@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves-request@lists.bioenergylists.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:45:51 -0400<br>From: "Lanny Henson" <<a href="mailto:lannych@bellsouth.net">lannych@bellsouth.net</a>><br>To: "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves"<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><<a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>><br>Subject: [Stoves] Hazards for Institutional Biomass Cooking Stoves<br>Message-ID: <553D7F06C706437DBD0B4494B1464284@main><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>I need liability insurance for an institutional size wood cooking stove that I would like to market in the USA as well as outside the USA.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>I need a list of stove hazards, problems and solutions for a presentation to an insurance underwriter.<br><br>Is anyone else working on this? I have started a list and I would appreciate your input and comments.<br><br>Lanny Henson<br><br>Hazards for Institutional Biomass Cooking Stoves<br><br> 1.. Hot surfaces that can cause burns<br> 2.. Cook space air pollution<br> 3.. Tip over<br> 4.. Bump spill not steady footing<br> 5.. Hot handles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> 6.. Over fire run away fire, out of control fire (batch burners)<br> 7.. Hot coals spill out, roll out or puff out igniting combustibles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> 8.. Flame containment, not enough distance to combustibles.<br> 9.. Hot stove surfaces, not enough distance to combustibles.<br> 10.. Structural integrity, falls apart, burns up, door fails, legs breaks off<br> 11.. Sharp edges that can cut or scrape<br> 12.. Sparks out the exhaust that could ignite combustibles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> 13.. Volume of fuel in a batch could be a factor. example 12 kg of wood in a wood space heater verses 1 kg of wood in a cook stove. 12 kg has the potential to do more harm than 1 kg.<br> 14.. Pot spill from difficult access. Like lifting a pot from a sunken pot stove.<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/pipermail/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org/attachments/20130312/24368a76/attachment-0001.html">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/pipermail/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org/attachments/20130312/24368a76/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:01:15 +0200<br>From: CHRISTA ROTH <<a href="mailto:stoves@foodandfuel.info">stoves@foodandfuel.info</a>><br>To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><<a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Stoves] Hazards for Institutional Biomass Cooking Stoves<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:6ED07496-2B5C-4D78-92B7-A8FCBD940D12@foodandfuel.info">6ED07496-2B5C-4D78-92B7-A8FCBD940D12@foodandfuel.info</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Lanny, have you had a look at the safety protocol suggested by Nathan Johnson? It is available on the legacy website of PCIA on the bottom of the page<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.pciaonline.org/testing">http://www.pciaonline.org/testing</a>. It actually operationalizes most of the issues you are raising.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>regards Christa<br>Am 12.03.2013 um 20:45 schrieb Lanny Henson <<a href="mailto:lannych@bellsouth.net">lannych@bellsouth.net</a>>:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I need liability insurance for an institutional size wood cooking stove that I would like to market in the USA as well as outside the USA.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I need a list of stove hazards, problems and solutions for a presentation to an insurance underwriter.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Is anyone else working on this? I have started a list and I would appreciate your input and comments.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Lanny Henson<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hazards for Institutional Biomass Cooking Stoves<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hot surfaces that can cause burns<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cook space air pollution<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Tip over<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Bump spill not steady footing<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hot handles<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Over fire run away fire, out of control fire (batch burners)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hot coals spill out, roll out or puff out igniting combustibles.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Flame containment, not enough distance to combustibles.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hot stove surfaces, not enough distance to combustibles.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Structural integrity, falls apart, burns up, door fails, legs breaks off<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Sharp edges that can cut or scrape<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Sparks out the exhaust that could ignite combustibles<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Volume of fuel in a batch could be a factor. example 12 kg of wood in a wood space heater verses 1 kg of wood in a cook stove. 12 kg has the potential to do more harm than 1 kg.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Pot spill from difficult access. 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