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Imagine you rise the sleeve higher up and leave some space between it and the bundle.<br>
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It should have a "secondary air effect", I guess, and burn even cleaner.<span id="ms-outlook-android-cursor"></span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 10, 2022 7:50:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stoves and Biofuels Network <stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Stoves] ***SPAM*** Maize stalks as cooking fuel in bands and bundles</font>
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<div class="x_gmail_default">We've long been trying to find a way to use maize stalks as a cooking fuel in Africa. They are challenging because they burn fast and smoky. We may have found a way.</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default">Make a bundle of stalks in a metal band and stand up the bundle so the stalks are upright. Then light the top. The band has a diameter of 20 cm. The stalks burn remarkably clean for about 13 minutes, no tending. Then a new bundle
can be swapped in to continue the cooking. Below are some videos.<br>
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<div class="x_gmail_default">My colleague in Uganda thinks that farmers with two growing seasons can cook year round with maize stalks and never need to collect firewood again ... we'll see.</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default">As a bonus, this makes biochar.</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10VXniCh8-JFLg6EwFcImsmYbeJAEDu6D/view?usp=sharing">Self help group leaders being trained on stalks in bands</a></div>
<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16QvwLwqTIQrV3rDuJGX_zqXJBoXZemKu/view?usp=sharing">Stalks in band burning</a></div>
<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZYqahvxprdjvsRkVav66clPegWoN3Uyc/view?usp=sharing">Swapping bands of stalks</a></div>
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