Dear Dean
I really appreciate the info and the flexibility you have built into the stove. Can you please tell us how much fuel mass was burned (perhaps in the case of a char consuming version) and the MJ/kg of the fuel? I wondered what the emissions are per dry kg burned or per even better, per MJ of heat produced. My interest is to be able to make comparisons with other fuels and combustion efficiencies. Thanks Crispin From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dean Still Sent: 03 December 2010 13:31 To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves Subject: Re: [Stoves] K Smith Article in Energy for Sustainable Development Hi All, Adding more air holes in the bottom of the fuel chamber in a TLUD allows pellets to burn up completely. If users want bio-char they just have to have fewer holes. Then the char is made since there is not enough air to support burning it. If it is tuned (!), the TLUD is very low in PM when it does not make smoke when starting and finishing the burn. CO is also generally low. In the well tuned TLUD we generally see around 7g of CO and 400mg of PM during the WBT compared to a carefully operated open fire at 55g CO and 2300mg PM. Generally the TLUD makes less smoke at the finish with more air holes because all the wood burns up without making smoke. Isn't it great that a TLUD can be operated in both char making and no char making modes? The user can choose whether they want greater fuel efficiency or to make an agricultural additive. Best, Dean
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