<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Roger, List and ccs</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Roger: It appears you may have sent your message only to Nikhil, but I respond since it probably has some important stove aspects.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 9, 2017, at 9:42 AM, Traveller <<a href="mailto:miata98@gmail.com" class="">miata98@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Roger: <br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><long snip></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Roger Samson <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:rogerenroute@yahoo.ca" target="_blank" class="">rogerenroute@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Nikhil<br class=""></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><short snip></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I have been following solar energy research as a means to better understand how plants can more efficiently intercept sunlight for my biomass grass plant breeding program. The solar PV researchers are making most of their efficiency gains through texturing and coatings to improve sunlight utilization (In my biomass grasses I breed for striated leaves and glaucous bloom-the dusty blue texturing you see on cabbage leaves). <br class=""></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b class="">[RWL1: stove fuel question #1. In the belief that switchgrass and other grasses may be quite good for stoves in developing countries, could you give us more leads on this leaf texture topic. Are we talking of a 10% difference in NPP?<br class=""></b><div><br class=""></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><longer snip - leading to the “Research Gate” full free book on switch grass><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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regards<br class="">
Roger<br class="">
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(you can see my grass breeding work here)</blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b class="">[RWL2: Thanks for making your recent book available for free. I learned a lot about switchgrass. </b></div><div><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>My second stove related question is whether the “chopped” material would work in a TLUD. Placing long stems vertically can be a problem if a spark can fall to the bottom. Is chopped switchgrass of 4 cm length the usual way one buys switchgrass? Might this fuel require a fan/blower ?</b></div><div><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div><img apple-inline="yes" id="0A0C93C2-51B0-4227-9C71-C286B83799C6" height="240" width="317" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:732517EC-40A4-439C-B029-716942CDB0F6" class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><b class="">RWL3: My third switchgrass question relates to whether you have any favorite article on the benefits of biochar made from switchgrass. There are plenty of articles; I’m looking for a favorite - especially as might relate to biochar resulting from switchgrass use in improved cook stoves for developing countries.</b></div><div><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div><b class="">Thanks in advance.</b></div><div><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div><b class="">Ron</b></div></body></html>