<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This is good news Crispin - thanks for the info. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Finally looking at the biomass fuel characteristics, at least for pellets and now working on chips. </div><div class="">One potential problem I see is that they are setting up the same type of standard for chips as was done for pellets. That is there is only one limited range for the particles to fall into. Good for stove designers to make different stoves all using the same fuel. Not good if we were to move a pellet machine on site (or chipper) and due to the available biomass those limits cannot be met. We need to be more flexible and work with what we get. We need no limits. Just a table of the different measurements made and matching them with stoves able to use these type of fuels. Pellets made of switchgrass to newsprint will not meet pellet standards but still might be a usable fuel. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Encouraging nevertheless. Something that will actually contribute to cleaner air rather than just talking about how bad it is and where it comes from. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Frank</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 31, 2017, at 12:18 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <<a href="mailto:crispinpigott@outlook.com" class="">crispinpigott@outlook.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Dear Friends<br class=""><br class="">Because of interest in characterising fuels accurately:<br class=""><br class="">The wood chip standard is now open for public comment.<br class=""><br class="">National Woodchip Heating Fuel Technical Quality Standard Project<br class=""><a href="https://www.woodchipstandard.org/" class="">https://www.woodchipstandard.org/</a><br class=""><br class="">Regards<br class="">Crispin<br class=""><br class=""><span id="cid:F8A93ED3-2EFB-4518-B50E-F21963D0EAAB@charterinternet.com"><winmail.dat></span>_______________________________________________<br class="">Stoves mailing list<br class=""><br class="">to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br class="">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org<br class=""><br class="">to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br class="">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org<br class=""><br class="">for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<br class="">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
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