<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Good idea. thank you Crispin</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Best Regard</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Gus</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <crispinpigott@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves' <stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org>
<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 12, 2013 2:01 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Stoves] Burning wet wood<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
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--></style><div><div class="yiv1928236893WordSection1"><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Dear Dean</span></div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Agreed. I believe that Ernestine’s doctoral work with you for a year is a good indication that this is also true for wood.</span></div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>For those who have not seen her thesis, it was a comparison of
emissions for low, medium and high moisture fuels and how different stoves handled it.</span></div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Gus: The people in Java use the charcoal remaining from fires to warm the wood for tomorrow. This is important because it affects the fuel use that must be attributed to a meal (the char is not thrown away but it is consumed each day) and it means they are operating at a high system efficiency considering the drying that is being accomplished.</span></div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'> </span></div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125);
font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Regards<br>Crispin</span></div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>+++++++</span><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'></span></div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal">Hi All,</div><div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal">I find that pellets burn cleaner in TLUDs when at about 10% to 15% moisture content like sticks of wood. In both cases a slower burn helps to meter the fuel.</div></div><div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal">Best,</div></div><div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv1928236893MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:
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