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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Jock,<br>
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Thank you for your observations. Useful for discussion and
especially for those getting started, but many seemed a bit
dogmatic, that is, too black and white. Guidance is good;
prescription is not so good.<br>
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I do take exception with your Item number 2 which says:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">2. Basic design must be able to be tuned
for multi-fuel capability - no dependencies on<br>
a single type of feedstock. Jatropha beans, cherry pits, nut
shells, rice hulls, and<br>
densified grass are examples of preferred feed stocks with few,
if any, other uses. Each<br>
feedstock type is likely to require a specific tuning of the
system.</blockquote>
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From my experiences and observations, the "specific tuning" needed
is basically different stoves for different fuels, especially for
the specialty (non-wood) feedstocks that you name: Jatropha
beans, cherry pits, nut shells, rice hulls, and<br>
densified grass. <br>
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ESPECIALLY in places where those feedstocks are sufficiently
abundant, in those places a special stove could be the only one
needed, and therefore not needing to have multi-fuel
capabilities. <br>
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We should encourage the stove developers to master one specific
fuel very well, and present that stove for evaluation. And not
divert to trying to make that stove also use other fuels. <br>
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Basically, stove developers should NOT be discouraged when people
say "but will it also burn fuel X, or Y or Z." Do not worry,
there are so many places in the world with (you name the specific
fuel) that there could be substantial markets in those locations
to assure success of a stove for that specific fuel.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Paul S. Anderson, PhD aka "Dr TLUD"
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On 4/6/2013 10:27 AM, Jock Gill wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Perhaps these will be of interest to those working on "standards". There is far more to stoves than simple "performance" characteristics. In the best of all possible worlds, stoves are able to contribute much more than clean stack gasses. It would be desirable to look at the full spectrum of potential benefits when evaluating stoves. In the developed economies at least, the saying is that "benefits sell". The implication is that features are not as powerful a motivations for adoption.
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Please remember that this is only a first draft. I did send it to the State Department in 2011, but they never replied.
I look forward to your thoughts.
Regards,
Jock
Jock Gill
P.O. Box 3
Peacham, VT 05862
Cell: (617) 449-8111
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