Charcoal Making Stoves
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On 14/10/2008, Ron Larson (snip) wrote:
> Biochar and stoves list members (special "hello" again to Dr. Yuri):
>
1. I forward the following because I believe the following dialog
deserves an audience on both "stoves" and "biochar". I sense that only a
few dozen people are members of both "Tom Miles" lists. Many "biochar" list
members will therefore be unaware of a 12+ year charcoal-making dialog
history on "stoves". Many "stoves" list members will be unaware of present
charcoal-making discussions on "biochar"
The first part of this dialog below is on very large scale char
production that can be seen at
Wood Charcoal (technologies) BIOENERGY LLC "
Andrew has helpfully commented on every section of Yury's (often
spelled "Yuri") short message today. I add one comment below as well in
item #2 - about needing two compartments in some (wet) climates.
2. The second part of this "stoves" dialog is also pertinent to
"biochar" - as both Andrew and Yuri are commenting on some dialog today
(and a few days earlier) on "stoves" about a different type of small scale
charcoal maker which is toroidal in shape (the inverse perhaps of what Folke
has been describing on "biochar"). A dialog like this also appeared on the
"stoves" list 10-12 years ago (also of Indian origin, but different) and a
prototype was demonstrated at the recent IBI conference in Newcastle.
Andrew (coordinator of the "stoves" list) is to be commended for bringing
his extensive knowledge on charcoal-making to bear in improving (hopefully)
this design.
3. I re-send this to "stoves" list members as well - who may not be
aware that there is a lot more these days on charcoal-making (including
small scale) on "biochar". I hope people thinking especially large-scale
charcoal-making (like Yuri) will also communicate on, and be members of,
"biochar".
Apologies to all who are on both "biochar" and "stoves". Ron
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