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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Hi Lanny, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>I'd try the HEDON Stove database: http://www.hedon.info/Stoves+Database&bl=y<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>They've got "Performance" info, and some even have proper tests listed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Erin Rasmussen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>erin@trmiles.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lanny Henson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 12, 2013 6:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass cooking stoves<br><b>Subject:</b> [Stoves] Specific heat capacity/ Stove preformance data<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>I am looking for stove performance data for institutional size charcoal and wood fired stoves, even if the testing methods are not perfect.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>I can find information like "saves 50%" but I cant find data like it takes x amount of wood or charcoal to boil x amount of water, or x amount of fuel to cook and simmer beans.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>I am especially interested the Prakti stoves so some data on these stove would be helpful.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>There is one subject that I have not seen discussed on this list and that is the "specific heat capacity" of the different types of food being cooked.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The specific heat of beans and rice is about 1/3 that of water. That is the reason my stove, with its retained heat capabilities, can cook and simmer 35 KG of beans for 2 hours with about the same amount of fuel that it takes to simply boil 35 Kg of water.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>I apologize if I have just made the stove testing spreadsheet even more complicated than it already is!!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Lanny</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>