Samuel,
Well, it depends what kind of "desperate" situation you are in...........:)
Your wedside says: 
www.plantoilcooker.org.........correct??
Otto


> From: Shiroff Samuel Neal (CR) [[email protected]]
> Sent: 2011-01-21 11:08:42 MET
> To: Otto Formo [[email protected]], [email protected]
> Subject: AW: [Stoves] jatropa does not burn well for us ....but it probably
> 
> But Otto, you can't eat Jatropha Oil anyway.  It is also hard to eat rice and 
> other staples without cooking them first.
> 
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Otto Formo [mailto:[email protected]]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 21. Januar 2011 11:07
> An: Shiroff, Samuel Neal (CR); [email protected]
> Betreff: SV: [Stoves] jatropa does not burn well for us ....but it probably
> 
> Thanks for the information on Jatropha oil.
> Tests has been made in Norway to detect any toxic emmission from the seed 
> cake when burned into cookingstoves.
> Since there is some content of N (nitrogen) in the seed cake we are afraied 
> it might give some NOX from the emmision, when used as fuel, tests will tell.
> I will give you feedbacks as soon we have the report "in house".
> To use plantoil as a cooking fuel, I find as a waste of food, sorry.
> Otto
> 
> > From: Shiroff Samuel Neal (CR) [[email protected]]
> > Sent: 2011-01-21 10:52:43 MET
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [Stoves] jatropa does not burn well for us ....but it probably
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > As many of you know BSH has developed a universal plant oil cookstove. 
> > Jatropha oil burns beautifully in it.
> >
> > Naturally if the focus remains on using the lowest added-value fuel, 
> > pressed and filtered plant oil is not the first choice.  Nevertheless if 
> > you are working on a project and have Jatropha available in significant 
> > quantities, I would be very happy to speak with you.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sam
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >    1. Re: (no subject) (Boston Nyer)
> >    2. Re: (no subject) (Crispin Pemberton-Pigott)
> >    3. Re: jatropa does not burn well for us ....but it probably has
> >       for others, somewhere (Richard Stanley)
> >    4. Re: Testing and Development Laboratories (seb)
> >    5. Re: jatropa does not burn well for us ....but it probably has
> >       for others, somewhere (Jonathan Otto)
> >    6. Re: jatropha does not burn well for us ....but it probably
> >       has for others, somewhere (Paul S. Anderson)
> >    7. Jatropha seeds wanted in USA - can you bring to ETHOS?
> >       (Paul S. Anderson)
> >    8. Re: Testing and Development Laboratories (Otto Formo)
> >    9. Re: jatropha does not burn well for us ....but it probably
> >       has for others, somewhere (Boston Nyer)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:39:10 -0700
> > From: Boston Nyer <[email protected]>
> > To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
> >         <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Stoves] (no subject)
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> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > I have a related question to this discussion, which I think is interesting.
> >
> > At CU, we have a Jatropha project that you fielded some questions about a
> > few months ago.  As I'm sure you've heard, Jatropha seedcake does not burn
> > well, not even close.  So, one of our questions now is:  what can we do with
> > this waste stream this is both useful and desirable?
> >
> > One approach we will test is to carbonize the material and for biochar
> > briquettes (and a water filter media, etc.).  However, I wholeheartedly
> > agree with your sentiment on biochar briquettes.  What is your opinion if
> > the ag-waste doesn't burn well normally?  It still seems a bit contrived,
> > eh?
> >
> > I'm looking forward to hearing your perspective.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Boston
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Richard Stanley
> > <[email protected]>wrote:
> >
> > > Jessica,
> > >  Me again, I answered some of these questions to you in a post directly to
> > > you (as that one  came directly from you) --a few minutes ago, but
> > > let me add a few comments in reponse to your other questions here...( am
> > > responding in-kind below...)
> > >
> > > On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Jessica De Clerck wrote:
> > >
> > >  Hello,
> > >
> > > I am looking for some insight into an array of issues around fuel
> > > briquettes and stoves.  I apologize for the long list!  I am hoping
> > > Crispin, Dr. TLUD, Richard and others can answer some of these.
> > >
> > > *Burning Stalks*
> > > At Stove Camp 2010, we used TLUDs to burn what I recall were maize stalks
> > > in Dr. Anderson?s TLUD. It worked great.  However, if maize or sugar cane
> > > stalks can be burned for fuel, why are people not already using this fuel 
> > > in
> > > three stone fires, or are they?  I did not see this in Uganda, but I do
> > > not know about Haiti or elsewhere (where I will be working soon).  I
> > > understand that a TLUD or other stoves would do a better job of cleaning 
> > > up
> > > emissions. -But if a person had access to free fuel in their fields, I 
> > > would
> > > think they must have a good reason for not burning it, even in an open 
> > > fire.
> > >
> > > Does the fact that it burns quicker than wood deter people because it
> > > requires more effort to feed it constantly into the stove?  Or does it not
> > > burn as cleanly as wood?
> > >
> > > *Consumption Rate*
> > > Does burning fuel in a TLUD or other stove slow down the rate at which 
> > > fuel
> > > burns as compared with fuel burned in an open fire?  It seems to me it
> > > would because the airflow into the fire would be more controlled in a 
> > > stove.
> > >
> > > *Density*
> > > This also brings up the question of the density of a fuel briquette.  What
> > > difference does density make?  It seems like we pay a lot of attention to
> > > this, but to me it seems the only difference is that the less dense the
> > > briquette the quicker it will burn. Does a less dense briquette burn 
> > > hotter
> > > (assuming identical material is used in each briquette)?
> > >
> > > It burns quicker but not necessarly hotter. Density is roughly equivalent
> > > to duration assuming same blend and stove . Greaster density also equates
> > > (ex any special starters) to harder start with above assumptions also in
> > > effect. You 'pays yer money and takes yer choice', eh ?
> > >
> > >
> > > *Briquette Stoves*
> > > I have recently built another RokStove or Holey Rocket ?the side fed 
> > > rocket
> > > stove for holey briquettes out of clay and sawdust.  I made it to the best
> > > specifications I could come up with after considering rocket stove
> > > principles, which was 9? long, 15? tall, and 5? in diameter both in the
> > > feeding area and combustion chamber. Once the stove has been fired, these
> > > dimensions will have shrunk approximately 10%.   This will leave a gap
> > > between the stove and my 4?x 2? holey (1? hole) briquettes.  I would like
> > > to know if anyone else has had experience in building or using these 
> > > stoves
> > > so that we may share lessons learned.  I already speak with Rok and he?s a
> > > great help.
> > >
> > > Rok is  the guy for this. He speaks of the need to think a lot about
> > > internal hole size to regulate primary air volume and via my own insight
> > > gained through such Stoves group luminaries such as Crispin here,
> > > temperature...The annular space between the OD of the briquettes and the 
> > > ID
> > > of the feed tube, is also important.
> > >
> > >
> > > What other stoves have been tested and are recommended for burning holey
> > > briquettes?  I am assuming unless the hole is used as an air channel as in
> > > the RokStove, the hole in the briquette makes no difference (for example 
> > > if
> > > the briquettes are just put in a pile, or used in a gasifier, because
> > > otherwise a briquette can be broken into pieces if too large).
> > >
> > > Rite-e-o on that one, save the one fact that the hole greatly acceletates
> > > --and makes more consistent-- the drying rate. Add too, the effect of the
> > > hole in burning them up right, in the three stove open burn situation. 
> > > ie.,
> > > ex any stove surround structure.
> > >
> > >
> > > *Green Charcoal vs. Uncarbonized Briquettes*
> > > Lastly, has anyone done a study of the emissions from making ?green
> > > charcoal??  I see what Amy Smith is doing with the kilns to make charcoal
> > > and the Adam Retort and there seems to be a ton of smoke coming off the
> > > kilns in the process of making the charcoal.  I understand it is an
> > > improvement from traditional charcoal making, but I wonder if anyone has
> > > measured the emissions so that I can compare it to other processes.
> > >
> > > Shhh. you are unveiling the big secret  of the carboniser school  here !!!
> > > We don't want to talk about the smoke and energy losses due to
> > > carbonisation..not as they occur in the user site and all conditions they
> > > live with...and after the techies have left and the ted talks and photo 
> > > op's
> > > wither from our memories.
> > >
> > > But why carbonise at all if you have access to the charcoal crumbs and
> > > fines and dust found around every charcoal sellers stall everywhere in the
> > > third world...?  Thie waste accounts for between 15 and 20% of the lump
> > > charcoal being brought into the stall and sold through it...You blend that
> > > amount into the briquettes and you double the market for the seller or
> > > proportionately reduce their demand on charcoal while earning them the 
> > > same
> > > income... but I'm being a bi facetious: It makes sence where there is no
> > > charcoal dust--I guess...
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone have recommendations on what raw materials ought to be burned
> > > in a retort vs. crushed and made into uncarbonized briquettes? I?m
> > > thinking coconut shells and other hard materials that cannot be crushed
> > > easily, but I would appreciate more input.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you all for you time.
> > >
> > > Jessica De Clerck
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > Boston Nyer
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:57:32 -0500
> > From: "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <[email protected]>
> > To: "'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'"
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> > Dear Boston
> >
> >
> >
> > Can you send me some jatropha seed cake?
> >
> >
> >
> > In fact, where are you? If it is more convenient, you can send it to SeTAR
> > in Johannesburg and I will deal with it there.
> >
> >
> >
> > It is hard to believe there is no easy way to burn it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Crispin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Boston Nyer
> > Sent: 20 January 2011 15:39
> > To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
> > Subject: Re: [Stoves] (no subject)
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a related question to this discussion, which I think is interesting.
> >
> >
> >
> > At CU, we have a Jatropha project that you fielded some questions about a
> > few months ago.  As I'm sure you've heard, Jatropha seedcake does not burn
> > well, not even close.  So, one of our questions now is:  what can we do with
> > this waste stream this is both useful and desirable?
> >
> >
> >
> > One approach we will test is to carbonize the material and for biochar
> > briquettes (and a water filter media, etc.).  However, I wholeheartedly
> > agree with your sentiment on biochar briquettes.  What is your opinion if
> > the ag-waste doesn't burn well normally?  It still seems a bit contrived,
> > eh?
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm looking forward to hearing your perspective.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Boston
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Message: 3
> > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:27:15 -0800
> > From: Richard Stanley <[email protected]>
> > To: Boston Nyer <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
> >         <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Stoves] jatropa does not burn well for us ....but it
> >         probably        has for others, somewhere
> > Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
> >
> > Boston,
> > I would toss this question out to the combustion experts on the stoves and 
> > biomass lists...here.
> >
> > I have not tried it out but I know that others must have by now. The idea 
> > is to get behind the reason for poor combustion Crispin if I have him 
> > correctly implies that there is  no poor biomass fuel, only poor 
> > stoves...Thats one avenue which the stoves group is particularly good at.
> >
> > The larger question is: What is missing by this process: What is missing is 
> > the 90% of the rest of us in the inquiry. I'm referring to the faceless 
> > bystanders you see as CNN rushes to its big story in the so called 
> > developing world.
> >
> > People have been sorting undesired elements out of biomass for as long as 
> > we  have had fire-- probably before that: Indeed the fire must have excused 
> > lots of pre processing.   Bio-matter has been is 
> > washed/soaked/dried/winnowed/beaten/buried/ and blended for specific 
> > culinary or health applications for centuries...
> > That we notice one kind of biomass which burns badly and therefore has to 
> > be especially processed lest it not pass the test of our western  
> > intellectual inquiry-- is not necessarily a definitive test of its 
> > potential suitability at all.  It merely reflects the fact that the "we" 
> > are probably in need of going  out amongst the rest of us to find out, the 
> > why, how and the what--- the rest of us  have been doing...
> > It may be that no one has ever successfully burned jatropa...but, 
> > personally,  I would not bet on it.
> >
> >
> > If you like coffee, take a read of this example. The Inca's had perfected a 
> > simple method of soaking the roasted ground beans in cold water then 
> > draining off the liquid after a certain time period (~12 hrs) to  separate 
> > out the oil and acid from the real coffee "caffeol" element. The oil and 
> > acid remained bound to the roasted grounds,  while the pure coffee element 
> > nicely disburses into the water as a concentrate--for use with then Hot 
> > water or cold to make a really good cuppa java! Even the cheap sawdust the 
> > discount houses offer as coffee grounds will make a really good cup 
> > (Starbucks beware).
> >
> > The Incas may have evolved this procedure for coffeemaking, more out of 
> > necessity than for the inherent pursuit of the perfect cuppa joe,  because 
> > in the altiplano at least, they lived on- or above- tree line ~9,500 ft 
> > where fuelwood consumption for cooking is about 3 X greater than at the 
> > more common sea level to say 4000 ft  elevations.
> >
> > The result was however, that the resulting coffee came out with far less 
> > oil and acid with greatly reduced chance of the associated stomach and 
> > heart burn (which we try to mask with sugar and cream nowadays).
> >
> > The incas mastered  this process  several hundred years ago, well before 
> > the process was "discovered" by two young scientists from xyz university en 
> > el norte, as the  story goes, "working in their garage, etc., etc"... You 
> > can read about the new cold brew process at ( www.toddycafe.com ) but if 
> > you ever venture into a coffee shop in Cusco Peru, you may find small cups 
> > of concentrated liquid coffee made by the same process.  It was well 
> > established before I ever set foot in the altiplano of Peru,  ten years ago.
> >
> > Sure it has since been analysed, packaged and widely sold in the states 
> > now--we are very good at that part--but in all honesty it began far before 
> > we even set eyes upon the notion..
> >
> > The point of this digression is this:  I have little doubt that if you were 
> > to venture out into the jatropa-using world (not just the development 
> > project world or institutional research world)  but the user-on-the-ground 
> > world, you will probably discover how somebody somewhere has figured out a 
> > way to process it as fuel...
> >
> > The ideal is to do this and to frame your scientific investigations at the 
> > same time: to run the "field" investigation in parallel and collaboratively 
> > with the lab analysis. Then you get not only the best of both worlds as 
> > information and data sources: You form a link to-- and directly or 
> > indirectly- help to empower those who can not only benefit from  the 
> > results but who can become teachers of others for the future.
> >
> > Then publish it with all your collaborrants, for the rest of us. It  will 
> > be a great contribution !
> >
> > Pressing on,
> >
> > Richard Stanley
> > www.legacyfound.org
> > Ashland Or.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > On Jan 20, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Boston Nyer wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Richard,
> > >
> > > I have a related question to this discussion, which I think is 
> > > interesting.
> > >
> > > At CU, we have a Jatropha project that you fielded some questions about a 
> > > few months ago.  As I'm sure you've heard, Jatropha seedcake does not 
> > > burn well, not even close.  So, one of our questions now is:  what can we 
> > > do with this waste stream this is both useful and desirable?
> > >
> > > One approach we will test is to carbonize the material and for biochar 
> > > briquettes (and a water filter media, etc.).  However, I wholeheartedly 
> > > agree with your sentiment on biochar briquettes.  What is your opinion if 
> > > the ag-waste doesn't burn well normally?  It still seems a bit contrived, 
> > > eh?
> > >
> > > I'm looking forward to hearing your perspective.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Boston
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Richard Stanley 
> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Jessica,
> > >  Me again, I answered some of these questions to you in a post directly 
> > > to you (as that one  came directly from you) --a few minutes ago, but
> > > let me add a few comments in reponse to your other questions here...( am 
> > > responding in-kind below...)
> > >
> > > On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Jessica De Clerck wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I am looking for some insight into an array of issues around fuel 
> > >> briquettes and stoves.  I apologize for the long list!  I am hoping 
> > >> Crispin, Dr. TLUD, Richard and others can answer some of these.
> > >>
> > >> Burning Stalks
> > >> At Stove Camp 2010, we used TLUDs to burn what I recall were maize 
> > >> stalks in Dr. Anderson?s TLUD. It worked great.  However, if maize or 
> > >> sugar cane stalks can be burned for fuel, why are people not already 
> > >> using this fuel in three stone fires, or are they?  I did not see this 
> > >> in Uganda, but I do not know about Haiti or elsewhere (where I will be 
> > >> working soon).  I understand that a TLUD or other stoves would do a 
> > >> better job of cleaning up emissions. -But if a person had access to free 
> > >> fuel in their fields, I would think they must have a good reason for not 
> > >> burning it, even in an open fire.
> > >>
> > >> Does the fact that it burns quicker than wood deter people because it 
> > >> requires more effort to feed it constantly into the stove?  Or does it 
> > >> not burn as cleanly as wood?
> > >>
> > >> Consumption Rate
> > >> Does burning fuel in a TLUD or other stove slow down the rate at which 
> > >> fuel burns as compared with fuel burned in an open fire?  It seems to me 
> > >> it would because the airflow into the fire would be more controlled in a 
> > >> stove.
> > >>
> > >> Density
> > >> This also brings up the question of the density of a fuel briquette.  
> > >> What difference does density make?  It seems like we pay a lot of 
> > >> attention to this, but to me it seems the only difference is that the 
> > >> less dense the briquette the quicker it will burn. Does a less dense 
> > >> briquette burn hotter (assuming identical material is used in each 
> > >> briquette)?
> > > It burns quicker but not necessarly hotter. Density is roughly equivalent 
> > > to duration assuming same blend and stove . Greaster density also equates 
> > > (ex any special starters) to harder start with above assumptions also in 
> > > effect. You 'pays yer money and takes yer choice', eh ?
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Briquette Stoves
> > >> I have recently built another RokStove or Holey Rocket ?the side fed 
> > >> rocket stove for holey briquettes out of clay and sawdust.  I made it to 
> > >> the best specifications I could come up with after considering rocket 
> > >> stove principles, which was 9? long, 15? tall, and 5? in diameter both 
> > >> in the feeding area and combustion chamber. Once the stove has been 
> > >> fired, these dimensions will have shrunk approximately 10%.   This will 
> > >> leave a gap between the stove and my 4?x 2? holey (1? hole) briquettes.  
> > >> I would like to know if anyone else has had experience in building or 
> > >> using these stoves so that we may share lessons learned.  I already 
> > >> speak with Rok and he?s a great help.
> > > Rok is  the guy for this. He speaks of the need to think a lot about 
> > > internal hole size to regulate primary air volume and via my own insight 
> > > gained through such Stoves group luminaries such as Crispin here, 
> > > temperature...The annular space between the OD of the briquettes and the 
> > > ID of the feed tube, is also important.
> > >
> > >>
> > >> What other stoves have been tested and are recommended for burning holey 
> > >> briquettes?  I am assuming unless the hole is used as an air channel as 
> > >> in the RokStove, the hole in the briquette makes no difference (for 
> > >> example if the briquettes are just put in a pile, or used in a gasifier, 
> > >> because otherwise a briquette can be broken into pieces if too large).
> > >
> > > Rite-e-o on that one, save the one fact that the hole greatly acceletates 
> > > --and makes more consistent-- the drying rate. Add too, the effect of the 
> > > hole in burning them up right, in the three stove open burn situation. 
> > > ie., ex any stove surround structure.
> > >>
> > >> Green Charcoal vs. Uncarbonized Briquettes
> > >> Lastly, has anyone done a study of the emissions from making ?green 
> > >> charcoal??  I see what Amy Smith is doing with the kilns to make 
> > >> charcoal and the Adam Retort and there seems to be a ton of smoke coming 
> > >> off the kilns in the process of making the charcoal.  I understand it is 
> > >> an improvement from traditional charcoal making, but I wonder if anyone 
> > >> has measured the emissions so that I can compare it to other processes.
> > > Shhh. you are unveiling the big secret  of the carboniser school  here 
> > > !!! We don't want to talk about the smoke and energy losses due to 
> > > carbonisation..not as they occur in the user site and all conditions they 
> > > live with...and after the techies have left and the ted talks and photo 
> > > op's wither from our memories.
> > >
> > > But why carbonise at all if you have access to the charcoal crumbs and 
> > > fines and dust found around every charcoal sellers stall everywhere in 
> > > the third world...?  Thie waste accounts for between 15 and 20% of the 
> > > lump charcoal being brought into the stall and sold through it...You 
> > > blend that amount into the briquettes and you double the market for the 
> > > seller or proportionately reduce their demand on charcoal while earning 
> > > them the same income... but I'm being a bi facetious: It makes sence 
> > > where there is no charcoal dust--I guess...
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Does anyone have recommendations on what raw materials ought to be 
> > >> burned in a retort vs. crushed and made into uncarbonized briquettes? 
> > >> I?m thinking coconut shells and other hard materials that cannot be 
> > >> crushed easily, but I would appreciate more input.
> > >>
> > >> Thank you all for you time.
> > >>
> > >> Jessica De Clerck
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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> > > --
> > > Boston Nyer
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> > > University of Colorado at Boulder
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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:44:40 -0800
> > From: seb <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Stoves] Testing and Development Laboratories
> > Message-ID: <1295487880.8995.15.camel@seb-laptop>
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> > Tom,
> >
> > Aprovecho specializes in setting up regional testing centers. The
> > equipment and personnel your lab needs depends on what you want to do.
> > Two broad categories are the stove's emissions and fuel performance. You
> > could also focus on fuel production alone.
> >
> > Much of what is learned comes from taking the time to carefully carry
> > out tests and record in an objective way what is observed. Observation
> > is more important than discovery or success.
> >
> > Sam
> >
> >
> > > > From: Tom Miles <[email protected]>
> > > > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:53:26 -0800
> >
> > > > What would labs need funding support for? Equipment? Personnel?
> > > > Conducting tests, design and development? Or all of these?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:30:55 -0500
> > From: Jonathan Otto <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Stoves] jatropa does not burn well for us ....but it
> >         probably has for others, somewhere
> > Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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> >
> >
> > Not sure where this fits into the stream of 19 simultaneous subjects, but 
> > here goes:
> >
> > We have a natural draft TLUD developed specifically to combust whole 
> > Jatropha seeds -- quite a challenge given the intense energy in those long 
> > chain hydrocarbons.
> >
> > For years we assumed since the main energy was in the seeds' oil, that we 
> > needed to remove it first and make a liquid fuel stove.  Not true.
> >
> > Paul Anderson and the other heavies at Biomass Energy  Foundation showed us 
> > solid fuel vaporization technology at CHAB Camp last August, and 6 months 
> > later we're planning on field testing in Tanzania in March, and if all goes 
> > well ( a huge caveat to be sure) we'll be in production shortly thereafter.
> >
> > Very low emissions ... 18% biochar ...  Home grown fuel from hedges around 
> > fields and farmsteads ... cost less than 50% of the price of charcoal.
> >
> > Jonathan Otto
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> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:37:27 -0600
> > From: "Paul S. Anderson" <[email protected]>
> > To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
> >         <[email protected]>,      Richard Stanley
> >         <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
> >         <[email protected]>, Jonathan Otto <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Discussion, stoves <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Stoves] jatropha does not burn well for us ....but it
> >         probably        has for others, somewhere
> > Message-ID:
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> >
> > Dear Boston and all,
> >
> > I hope you can come to ETHOS meeting next weekend 28-30 Jan in Seattle
> > and see the Jatropha-seed stove that will be discussed in a
> > presentation and fired up at the stove demo.  It is by "Jet City
> > Stoveworks" (JCSW) (Seattle is Jet City) and "Pamoja" (NGO working in
> > Tanzania).  I have worked with them on this stove.
> >
> > The answer is yes, jatropha can be burned cleanly in stoves.  but
> > there are challenges.
> >
> > You and CU (Colorado Univ.?) and others with Jatropha efforts could
> > fit in well with additional work on burning jatropha.  Pamoja and JCSW
> > and I (independently or together) would be glad to collaborate.
> >
> > There could be several ways to handle jatropha as a stove fuel.  We
> > are working (successfully) with one, which is to use the TLUD
> > combustion technology.  In brief, because the top-lit updraft (TLUD)
> > functions with a decending pyrolysis front that is quite well behaved
> > and uniform, the flaming pyrolysis (limited oxygen present) provides
> > heat that vaporizes the jatropha oils, releasing them as gases along
> > with the pyrolysis gases.  The challenge is in the combustion of so
> > much gas and that type of gas (probably longer-chain hydrocarbons).
> >
> > To handle the jatropha press cake, pelletizing or briquetting is
> > probably the best option.  And the press cake could be mixed with some
> > other biomass.  Loose presscake alone would block the needed air flow
> > in the TLUD.
> >
> > I will leave the details of the Pamoja/JCSW to them to present 9 days
> > from now.  Then we could get into the real details.
> >
> > Request:  Do you (at CU) or anyone else have any supply of natural
> > (not pressed) jatropha seeds?   JCSW and I are looking for some kilos.
> >
> > --
> > Paul S. Anderson, PhD
> > Known to some as:  Dr. TLUD    Doc    Professor
> > Phone (USA): 309-452-7072   SKYPE: paultlud   Email: [email protected]
> >
> >
> > Quoting Richard Stanley <[email protected]>:   -- snipped --
> >
> > > Boston,
> > > I would toss this question out to the combustion experts on the
> > > stoves and biomass lists...here.
> > >
> > > I have not tried it out but I know that others must have by now. The
> > > idea is to get behind the reason for poor combustion Crispin if I
> > > have him correctly implies that there is  no poor biomass fuel, only
> > > poor stoves...Thats one avenue which the stoves group is
> > > particularly good at.
> > >
> > > It may be that no one has ever successfully burned jatropa...but,
> > > personally,  I would not bet on it.
> > >   snipped   The point of this digression is this:  I have little
> > > doubt that if you were to venture out into the jatropa-using world
> > > (not just the development project world or institutional research
> > > world)  but the user-on-the-ground world, you will probably discover
> > > how somebody somewhere has figured out a way to process it as fuel...
> > >
> > > The ideal is to do this and to frame your scientific investigations
> > > at the same time: to run the "field" investigation in parallel and
> > > collaboratively with the lab analysis. Then you get not only the
> > > best of both worlds as information and data sources: You form a link
> > > to-- and directly or indirectly- help to empower those who can not
> > > only benefit from  the results but who can become teachers of others
> > > for the future.
> >
> > NOTE by PSA:  This is what Pamoja is doing.
> > >
> > > Then publish it with all your collaborrants, for the rest of us. It
> > > will be a great contribution !
> > >
> > > Pressing on,
> > >
> > > Richard Stanley
> > > www.legacyfound.org
> > > Ashland Or.
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > On Jan 20, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Boston Nyer wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Richard,
> > >>
> > >> I have a related question to this discussion, which I think is 
> > >> interesting.
> > >>
> > >> At CU, we have a Jatropha project that you fielded some questions
> > >> about a few months ago.  As I'm sure you've heard, Jatropha
> > >> seedcake does not burn well, not even close.  So, one of our
> > >> questions now is:  what can we do with this waste stream this is
> > >> both useful and desirable?
> > >>
> > >> One approach we will test is to carbonize the material and for
> > >> biochar briquettes (and a water filter media, etc.).  However, I
> > >> wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment on biochar briquettes.
> > >> What is your opinion if the ag-waste doesn't burn well normally?
> > >> It still seems a bit contrived, eh?
> > >>
> > >> I'm looking forward to hearing your perspective.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >> Boston
> > >>
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:00:06 -0600
> > From: "Paul S. Anderson" <[email protected]>
> > To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
> >         <[email protected]>,      Jonathan Otto
> >         <[email protected]>
> > Cc: ETHOS - Listserve <[email protected]>,
> >         [email protected]
> > Subject: [Stoves] Jatropha seeds wanted in USA - can you bring to
> >         ETHOS?
> > Message-ID:
> >         <[email protected]>
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> >         format="flowed"
> >
> > Stovers and ETHOS persons,
> >
> > Please contact me or Jonathan Otto if you have some jatropha seeds
> > already in North America,
> >
> > OR
> >
> > If you are coming to ETHOS (or on any trip to America) from a place
> > where jatropha is growing, and would bring some kilos in your luggage.
> >
> > We need the seeds for continuing tests of their combustion.
> >
> > It is legal to bring jatropha seeds into America (clean -- no dirt on
> > them --) and declare them at customs entry point.  Tell the
> > agricultural inspectors what they are and tell them that they will be
> > burned.  Several of us have done this already without any difficulty,
> > but we need travellers to bring more seeds.
> >
> > Once in North America, we can send them by postal service to the
> > location of the research.  Or bring them to ETHOS in Seattle next
> > week, and we will take care of them from that point onward.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Paul S. Anderson, PhD
> > Known to some as:  Dr. TLUD    Doc    Professor
> > Phone (USA): 309-452-7072   SKYPE: paultlud   Email: [email protected]
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:07:15 +0100 (MET)
> > From: Otto Formo <[email protected]>
> > To: Frank Shields <[email protected]>,       Discussion of biomass
> >         cooking stoves <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Stoves] Testing and Development Laboratories
> > Message-ID:
> >         <[email protected]>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > Dear Frank,
> > I very much agree with you.
> > Tests according to protocol should be run by certified and indepemdent labs 
> > and you should compare - apples to apples, not like it is to day.
> > The independent aspect is the most important one, either you produce stoves 
> > and let others do the testing or you do the testing as an independent 
> > reserach center and let others produce the stoves.
> > Internal testing should of cource continue, but to be "approved" by the 
> > GACC, tests should be done by independent research centres world wide.
> > That should be the one and only way forward.
> >
> > Iam about to contact SINTEF, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Department 
> > of Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Energy Division in Norway about these 
> > issues, right now.
> > Otto
> >
> > > From: Frank Shields [[email protected]]
> > > Sent: 2011-01-20 19:04:44 MET
> > > To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves [[email protected]]
> > > Subject: Re: [Stoves] Testing and Development Laboratories
> > >
> > > Tom, Crispin and Stovers,
> > >
> > > But first we need to get organized. Common testing protocol run by
> > > certified labs -so apples to apples. This takes an organization and
> > > money to put it all together. Otherwise we get nowhere as I see it.
> > > Having a list of all the labs working on stoves is a -great- start.
> > > Getting the labs to send SOP's to a central organization that wants to
> > > take on organization the QC program may be a second. Publish the
> > > collection of SOP's for distribution for comment could be a third. Then
> > > picking ones for all labs to use a fourth. Organizing a protocol to
> > > update, add to, remove test methods a fifth. Something like that.
> > >
> > > Otherwise Crispins work helps him develop his stoves and Aprovecho
> > > methods help them better their stoves - but Crispins data cannot be
> > > compared to the data Aprovecho produces and the stoves they both produce
> > > cannot be compared to each other until the same protocol is used and an
> > > independent certified lab does the testing.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Frank
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom Miles wrote:
> > >
> > > > Crispin,
> > > >
> > > > Good examples and great ideas.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > > *From:* [email protected]
> > > > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of
> > > > *Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
> > > > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:01 PM
> > > > *To:* 'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'
> > > > *Subject:* Re: [Stoves] Testing and Development Laboratories
> > > >
> > > > Dear Tom
> > > >
> > > > We need a bigger testing footprint. Many many stove are promoted
> > > > without people have a real clue as to their fuel saving or emissions
> > > > profile and the reason is primarily no access to any testing or the
> > > > testing was not relevant, not even to mention its accuracy.
> > > >
> > > >>The reason for asking is that one way to stimulate stove improvement
> > > > might be enable producers to access and get support from labs.
> > > >
> > > > I believe the progress made by John Davies, on his own, was in good
> > > > measure because real time testing could show him what was and was not
> > > > better, sifting through his hunches about how things should work.
> > > > Maybe he can support that. It certainly helped me. I was stuck in
> > > > ?visual land? until I was handed a small combustion analyser.
> > > >
> > > >>I have seen situations where a design gets "stuck" without being
> > > > further developed due to lack of technical support.
> > > >
> > > > That support is the sort of thing you get at the SEET lab: bring it I,
> > > > make it perform, we will let you know what we think would make it
> > > > better, then demonstrate it to convince you. Emissions reductions by a
> > > > factor of 10 are routine with this method.
> > > >
> > > >>Organizations involved in production and dissemination often don't
> > > > have the appropriate resources.
> > > >
> > > > It is a good use of Global Alliance funds because perhaps 100 new
> > > > products are needed.
> > > >
> > > >>What would labs need funding support for? Equipment? Personnel?
> > > > Conducting tests, design and development? Or all of these?
> > > >
> > > > All those and post-grads. I have been trying to get 5 physics students
> > > > into the SEET lab for more than a year with no success. No one will
> > > > look ahead 5 years to the time when we need a new coterie of people
> > > > skilled at testing and familiar with the issues of standard setting
> > > > and certification (implying legislation and inspection).
> > > >
> > > > Design and Development has to be backed up by access to real time
> > > > emissions and thermal efficiency testing. The task-based approach
> > > > often used till now hides too many thing and can waste a great deal of
> > > > effort.
> > > >
> > > > Take a look at the attached charts. There is only one small difference
> > > > between these two tests (same stove) something detected in a real time
> > > > examination of the emissions.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Crispin
> > > >
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> > Message: 9
> > Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:37:47 -0700
> > From: Boston Nyer <[email protected]>
> > To: "Paul S. Anderson" <[email protected]>
> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,      Kristen Matsumura
> >         <[email protected]>,  Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
> >         <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Stoves] jatropha does not burn well for us ....but it
> >         probably has for others, somewhere
> > Message-ID:
> >         <[email protected]>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > Dr. Anderson,
> >
> > I know that the University of Florida - Lee County Extension Services -
> > Agriculture and Natural Resources has plenty of Jatropha seeds.  They
> > offered to send us some a few months back.  You can inquire with Fitzroy
> > Beckford ([email protected]) or Martha Avila ([email protected]).
> >
> > I'm excited to hear more about your TLUD that runs on Jatropha seeds.
> >  Unfortunately, I'm in Bangladesh and won't be able to attend ETHOS.
> >  However, Kristen Matsumura (cc-ed) is also working on the Jatropha research
> > at CU and will be there.
> >
> > I look forward to hearing more about it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Boston
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Paul S. Anderson <[email protected]>wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Boston and all,
> > >
> > > I hope you can come to ETHOS meeting next weekend 28-30 Jan in Seattle and
> > > see the Jatropha-seed stove that will be discussed in a presentation and
> > > fired up at the stove demo.  It is by "Jet City Stoveworks" (JCSW) 
> > > (Seattle
> > > is Jet City) and "Pamoja" (NGO working in Tanzania).  I have worked with
> > > them on this stove.
> > >
> > > The answer is yes, jatropha can be burned cleanly in stoves.  but there 
> > > are
> > > challenges.
> > >
> > > You and CU (Colorado Univ.?) and others with Jatropha efforts could fit in
> > > well with additional work on burning jatropha.  Pamoja and JCSW and I
> > > (independently or together) would be glad to collaborate.
> > >
> > > There could be several ways to handle jatropha as a stove fuel.  We are
> > > working (successfully) with one, which is to use the TLUD combustion
> > > technology.  In brief, because the top-lit updraft (TLUD) functions with a
> > > decending pyrolysis front that is quite well behaved and uniform, the
> > > flaming pyrolysis (limited oxygen present) provides heat that vaporizes 
> > > the
> > > jatropha oils, releasing them as gases along with the pyrolysis gases.  
> > > The
> > > challenge is in the combustion of so much gas and that type of gas 
> > > (probably
> > > longer-chain hydrocarbons).
> > >
> > > To handle the jatropha press cake, pelletizing or briquetting is probably
> > > the best option.  And the press cake could be mixed with some other 
> > > biomass.
> > >  Loose presscake alone would block the needed air flow in the TLUD.
> > >
> > > I will leave the details of the Pamoja/JCSW to them to present 9 days from
> > > now.  Then we could get into the real details.
> > >
> > > Request:  Do you (at CU) or anyone else have any supply of natural (not
> > > pressed) jatropha seeds?   JCSW and I are looking for some kilos.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Paul S. Anderson, PhD
> > > Known to some as:  Dr. TLUD    Doc    Professor
> > > Phone (USA): 309-452-7072   SKYPE: paultlud   Email: [email protected]
> > >
> > >
> > > Quoting Richard Stanley <[email protected]>:   -- snipped --
> > >
> > >  Boston,
> > >> I would toss this question out to the combustion experts on the stoves 
> > >> and
> > >> biomass lists...here.
> > >>
> > >> I have not tried it out but I know that others must have by now. The idea
> > >> is to get behind the reason for poor combustion Crispin if I have him
> > >> correctly implies that there is  no poor biomass fuel, only poor
> > >> stoves...Thats one avenue which the stoves group is particularly good at.
> > >>
> > >> It may be that no one has ever successfully burned jatropa...but,
> > >> personally,  I would not bet on it.
> > >>  snipped   The point of this digression is this:  I have little doubt 
> > >> that
> > >> if you were to venture out into the jatropa-using world (not just the
> > >> development project world or institutional research world)  but the
> > >> user-on-the-ground world, you will probably discover how somebody 
> > >> somewhere
> > >> has figured out a way to process it as fuel...
> > >>
> > >> The ideal is to do this and to frame your scientific investigations at 
> > >> the
> > >> same time: to run the "field" investigation in parallel and 
> > >> collaboratively
> > >> with the lab analysis. Then you get not only the best of both worlds as
> > >> information and data sources: You form a link to-- and directly or
> > >> indirectly- help to empower those who can not only benefit from  the 
> > >> results
> > >> but who can become teachers of others for the future.
> > >>
> > >
> > > NOTE by PSA:  This is what Pamoja is doing.
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Then publish it with all your collaborrants, for the rest of us. It  will
> > >> be a great contribution !
> > >>
> > >> Pressing on,
> > >>
> > >> Richard Stanley
> > >> www.legacyfound.org
> > >> Ashland Or.
> > >>
> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >> On Jan 20, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Boston Nyer wrote:
> > >>
> > >>  Hi Richard,
> > >>>
> > >>> I have a related question to this discussion, which I think is
> > >>> interesting.
> > >>>
> > >>> At CU, we have a Jatropha project that you fielded some questions about 
> > >>> a
> > >>> few months ago.  As I'm sure you've heard, Jatropha seedcake does not 
> > >>> burn
> > >>> well, not even close.  So, one of our questions now is:  what can we do 
> > >>> with
> > >>> this waste stream this is both useful and desirable?
> > >>>
> > >>> One approach we will test is to carbonize the material and for biochar
> > >>> briquettes (and a water filter media, etc.).  However, I wholeheartedly
> > >>> agree with your sentiment on biochar briquettes.  What is your opinion 
> > >>> if
> > >>> the ag-waste doesn't burn well normally?  It still seems a bit 
> > >>> contrived,
> > >>> eh?
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm looking forward to hearing your perspective.
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>> Boston
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Boston Nyer
> > Graduate Student
> > Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
> > University of Colorado at Boulder
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