<html><head><base href="x-msg://103/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Marquitusus,<div><br><div>Here is a hand thresher-masher-chopper device we have been developing initially in collusion with a colleague in the US (Ohio) then in Guatemala and now in Nicaragua with contributions from colleagues in Kenya and the Philippines who are developing their own versions. </div><div><br></div><div>We use it for reducing and scruffing up materials for use in biomass briquette production but by removing the wire brushes you will have a simple thresher-chopper that would nicely reduce the shells to a desired maximum size. Then, with use of a smaller size hand shaken sieve you can reduce the variation in partical size to whatever range you desire. </div><div><br></div><div>Here are two short videos showing the elements of the unit, initially in Los Angeles California/ US, and subsequently of the unit in operation in Cuneng, Quiche province, northern Guatemala in 2012. Our current prototype here in Nicaragua, is about 20% cheaper and easier to build and much easier to access for cleanout but we need to really test it out before we can claim any bragging rights..Siilar designs will also be emerging in the mentioned countries in various forms according to what resources they have available and what market needs they are responding to. </div><div><br></div><div>If you like I can put you on the mailing list for the manuals which is targetted for publoication in June, 2015<div><div><br></div><div>kind regards,</div><div> Richard Stanley</div><div><a href="http://www.legacyfound.org">www.legacyfound.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AJli5GFhxo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AJli5GFhxo</a></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO1plnOK4u8&feature=youtube_gdata_player=">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO1plnOK4u8&feature=youtube_gdata_player=</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>======<br><div><div>On Dec 16, 2014, at 5:21 PM, "Marquitusus " wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear stovers,<br><br>I send you a picture of the fuel I'm trying to deal with.<br>This is the raw fuel as it is normally sold here. They are almond husks.<br>As you see, it's sizes varies from 1 to 40mm!<br><br>Maybe people can tell me how this can affect the TLUD design<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="inlineImage0"><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div><img id="f02951fd-41a1-42c6-b06a-13fcc6e92e59" height="675" width="900" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:01CB8BCF-6506-42E5-BE48-F01959E9A245">_______________________________________________<br>Stoves mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<br><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a><br><br></div></div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>