January 2010

1G Toucan TLUD for Biochar Jan 2010

31 January 2010 - 2:49pm

Anderson

McLaughlin

by Hugh McLaughlin, PhD, PE, Alterna Biocarbon Inc., January 2010 Version

Download the Instructions: 1G Toucan TLUD for Biochar Jan 2010 - final.pdf (630kb)

The Kitengela Holistic Household Energy Training Center.

30 January 2010 - 11:59pm

Introductory Industrial Attachment Courses focused on upscaling the efficiency and sustainability of the seed-to-ash cycle of biomass based household energy resources in East Africa.

The Need – Energy Conservation

Plantations

Acacia

Haiti Paper Fuel Pellets

30 January 2010 - 2:44pm

refering to the crizes on Haiti and the aftermath of the earthquake, we hereby like inform you about the You Tube video of former president and now UN Spescial envoy to Haiti, mr. Clinton and his speach about the possibilities to change focus from charcoal to briquettes or pellets produced out of any type of dry biomass as household energy in Haiti or elsewhere in the world:
See links:

Densified Biomass

Paper

MUS Energy Unit

30 January 2010 - 2:33pm

http://www.bioenergylists.org/node/2645

MUS-energy-unit.jpg

MUS The Multi Use Stove

30 January 2010 - 2:32pm

http://www.bioenergylists.org/node/2645

household-MUS.jpg

MUS The Multi Use Stove

30 January 2010 - 1:57pm

Wendelbo

Paal Wendelobo, January 2010

Attached you will find a prospect of the new TLUD called MUS (multi use stove).

MUS The multi-use stove.

Grasifier: a Switchgrass burning stove

30 January 2010 - 12:12pm

http://www.bioenergylists.org/node/264

Grasifier: a Switchgrass burning stove

30 January 2010 - 12:10pm

Pemberton-Pigott

Samson

Crispin Pemberton-Pigott and Roger Samson, January 2010

Grasifier

Roger Samson was here tonight and we made and tested a Grasifier: a Switchgrass burning stove based on the dimensions of the Vesto adapted to make a lower cost pellet burning stove for Haiti.

Power, 2.5 kw
Burn rate 8-10 g/min
Mass 550 g
Fuel load 600 g though it can hold 750

Lighted with two caps of paint thinners
The flame went completely blue (just before the end) then wobbled a lot and went out.
When it went out there was no smoke indicating there were no volatiles left.

Time to fabricate, about 30 minutes.

I see this as a burner that can be attached to the centre of a Haitian charcoal stove to convert it into very clean burning a pellet stove.

Char yield: 25% of the initial dry mass.
Moisture content of the initial fuel, about 7%

Ash: nearly none.

Regards
CrispinSneakers

Gasifier (microgasification)

Metal

Agricultural Residues

Switchgrass

Grass and Straw

Why Invest in a Cookswell Energy Saving Oven?

30 January 2010 - 10:08am

Kinyanjui

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