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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA>My experience with ethanol gel stoves has
not been encouraging. Most stove designs pay no attention to proper mixing
of fuel and air, but rely on pure diffusion. As a result, combustion is
poor, there is an aldehyde stink, and pots are blackened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA>However, some of my friends have got the
hots for this as a possible solution. Ahah! They say – bioethanol,
then stoves, and communities can cook cleanly and safely.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA>I have several reports of quite large scale
experiments in the past (one involved 4000 households), but I think the
experimental design was weak in every case. Does anyone in this group have any
reports of sustainable success, or alternatively failure and the reasons
therefore?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA>Happy cooking all round,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA>Philip Lloyd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Energy
Institute</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cape
Peninsula University of Technology</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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