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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>From earlier messages:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Jackson Mutagekei and Richard Kisakaya teach at the Nyabyeya Forestry College “that is training students on vocational level on issues like efficient charcoal production, cook stoves design and production among others.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.nyabyeyaforestrycollege.ac.ug">www.nyabyeyaforestrycollege.ac.ug</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ronal W. Larson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 22, 2016 1:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> Nolbert Muhumuza <muhumuza@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Discussion of biomass <stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] Version 2.0 of TLUD history is available<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nolbert cc list<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>1a. Your reference below to “Jackson and Richard” and “forestry college” is not clear. Googling led me to this Worldbank 2013 stove document <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTAFRREGTOPENERGY/Resources/ACCES_Uganda_consultation_report.pdf">http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTAFRREGTOPENERGY/Resources/ACCES_Uganda_consultation_report.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Where I see those two names. Same? (Also see yours and many other regulars on this list.)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>1b. I am down on using charcoal for cooking. This is one sentence from that document: <i>“Participant discussion emphasized the need for consumer awareness and behavior change for adoption of cleaner fuels for displacing charcoal</i>.” Is this attitude helping your sales?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>1c. This report seems to have a complete outline of how to get better stoves into the field (not limited to Uganda) - at least as of 2012. It has nice diagrams for five aspects:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Symbol'>Ø</span> Quality Assurance and Technical Support<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Symbol'>Ø</span> Business Development<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Symbol'>Ø</span> Consumer Engagement<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Symbol'>Ø</span> Access to Finance<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Symbol'>Ø</span> Policy Engagement<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>where this list can help a little on the first and last areas. How would you rate progress in Uganda on all five?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>2. I visited your own company site ( <a href="http://awamu.ug/">http://awamu.ug/</a> ) and saw a nice looking char-making stove at $17.50. Good price! Congratulations. Also showed 4 types of fuel. Anything you can add on local experiences with your stove? Some of the char being used as biochar? Has this stove gone through any of the “tier” testing we heard about in today’s Winrock/GACC/DoE webinar (which I thought was very good)?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ron<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Feb 21, 2016, at 12:34 AM, Nolbert Muhumuza <<a href="mailto:muhumuza@gmail.com">muhumuza@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Tom,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>YES, those are the true links to the forestry college (Jackson and Richard). So, there are some directed efforts to train students in Biomass energy and improved cookstoves in Uganda. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>We are working closely with the two individuals since they are personally known to me but are also very knowledgeable in these areas.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I dont know if i mentioned, but they are also setting up an updated testing lab to start operations in the near future.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Nolbert.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2016-02-20 21:44 GMT+03:00 Tom Miles <<a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com" target="_blank">tmiles@trmiles.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Ron,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The missing years (2004-Jan 2006) may have been when we experienced a software change by our host at that time. They were renewable energy organizations that eventually used volunteers to manage the sites. The volunteers made bad decisions about software and didn’t stay to fix them. After struggling with the software and the archives we created the <a href="http://bioenergylists.org/" target="_blank">bioenergylists.org</a> domain in March 2006 where we have sponsored and hosted the lists since then. I know that we have rebuilt the archives for the lost period but I’ll have to get my IT support to access them. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tom</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ronal W. Larson [mailto:<a href="mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net" target="_blank">rongretlarson@comcast.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 19, 2016 12:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass <<a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>>; Tom Miles <<a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com" target="_blank">tmiles@trmiles.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] Version 2.0 of TLUD history is available</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Tom (thanks for your account below) and list<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span><long snip><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This next from material supplied by Julien. Are one or more of these cites what you (Nolbert) are referencing re the two names you gave?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> biomass cookstoves and their mechanism of combustion. Only recently has this strated to change with graduate students working on TLUD stoves:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>Huangfu, Y; Li, H; Chen, X; Xue, C; Chen C; Liu, G. 2014. Effects of moisture content in fuel on thermal performance and emission of biomass semi-gasified cookstove. Energy for Sustainable Development 21: 60–65<br>Varunkumar, S; Rajan, NKS; Mukunda, HS. 2011b. Single particle and packed bed combustion in modern gasifier stoves—density effects. Combustion Science and Technology 183: 1147-1163. <br>Varunkumar, S; Rajan, NKS; Mukunda, HS. 2011a. Experimental and computational studies on a gasifier based stove. Energy Conversion and Management 53: 135–141<br>Varunkumar, S; Rajan, NKS; Mukunda, HS. 2013. Universal flame propagation behaviour in packed bed of biomass. Combustion Science and Technology, DOI:10.1080/00102202.2013.782297 <br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Fortunately, the combustion scientists are beginning to take an interest, because issues in Global ecology are becoming acute. More graduate students are appearing.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>What I think we need more of is help for the practical cookstove developers. There needs to be scientific capacity-building, access through the academic paywalls, and access to basic measurement equipment. There needs to be strong system of mentoring around the World so that these two communities — practicioners and scientists — become better connected and work together.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Julien<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Julien Winter<br>Cobourg, ON, CANADA<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><snip></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nolbert Muhumuza<br>President & Chief Operations Officer<br><br><b>Awamu Biomass Energy Ltd.</b><br>P.O. Box 40127, Nakawa<br>Kampala - Uganda.<br>Mobile: +256-776-346724<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> +256-701-346723<br>Skype: nolbertm<br><a href="http://www.awamu.ug/" target="_blank">www.awamu.ug</a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/awamubiomass" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/awamubiomass" target="_blank">Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><a href="http://www.seedinit.org/awards/all/awamu-biomass-energy-ltd.html" target="_blank"><b>SEED Award 2013 Winner</b></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>