Dear Professor B.,
Your reply is informative and is the start of some futher actions, I hope.
Yes, please send to me by attachment the mentioned info about
briquetting. Please send it also to Tom Miles <[email protected]>
who will determine if it can be places on one of the
bioenergylists.org websites. And I will see about having it placed
elsewhere.
We should consider doing similar dissemination of the other documentation.
I think that one key to the success of this dissemination will be to
have you and others in Asia supplying that documentation (of past,
present and future) to some of us who will undertake to increase access.
Providing access to worthy but lesser-known documentation (mainly on
gasification issues) has been an activity of the Biomass Energy
Foundation (BEF) for over 25 years, by Tom Reed and now headed by
Kathy Nafie. Perhaps this might be another outlet for the Asian
information.
Sincerely,
Paul
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Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Known to some as: Dr. TLUD Doc Professor
Phone (USA): 309-452-7072 SKYPE: paultlud Email: [email protected]
www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf (Best ref.)
Quoting "Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya" <[email protected]>:
Dear Dr. Anderson,
The briquetting and gasifier stove work I mentioned was carried out under a
Sida-sponsored project at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The
project involved researchers from 12 national research institutes of six
Asian countries, e.g., Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Philippines and
Vietnam. The findings of the project were disseminated through national
dissemination seminars in these countries; published "Technology packages"
were distributed widely in the region and are still available for
downloading from the project website. We organized technology transfer
workshops, in which a number of NGOs form the region were invited, on most
of the technologies developed.
(There is no restriction on distribution of the technology packages.)
Unfortunately, the link of the project is not working due to heavy flood in
Thailand; AIT appears to be still under 2 m of water. Anyway, I can send you
the package on briquetting and stoves as an email attachment (1.33 MB) if
you want; please let me know.
I agree with your opinion regarding lack of information flow, but do not
have any clear idea on how to overcome the problem.
Best regards.
S.C. Bhattacharya
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Paul S. Anderson <[email protected]>wrote:
Dear Professor Bhattacharya,
Thank you for your message and you offer of the publications. You and your
associates have done great work, and having that information more widely
distributed (or brought to the attention of more of us) would be highly
beneficial.
Right now for Uganda, we have great interest in the
"... information package (including construction details) on biomass
briquetting machines developed in a number of Asian countries..."
How could we best access that information? Has it ever been copied in
digial format that could be distributed? Are there any distribution
restrictions on any of the materials that you mentioned?
Personal opinion: There is little and insufficient flow of information
between the Asian activities and accomplishments and the rest of the world
concerning all topics of biomass fuels and stoves and other applications.
How can we correct that situation?
Paul
--
Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Known to some as: Dr. TLUD Doc Professor
Phone (USA): 309-452-7072 SKYPE: paultlud Email: [email protected]
www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/**giz2011-en-micro-gasification.**pdf<http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf> (Best
ref.)
Quoting "Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya" <[email protected]>:
Dear all,
I would be happy to share some publications arising from the following
activities at the Asian Institute of Technology:
1. Sida funded Regional project: An information package (including
construction details) on biomass briquetting machines developed in a
number
of Asian countries and design of natural- cross-draft gasifier stoves that
can operate continuously is available. The briquetting machines developed
were improvements on standard screw-press heated die design. Cross-flow
gasifier stoves were designed for different sizes; these do not need any
blower and can operate continuously without any smoke.
2. GTZ funded project on Biocoal: We used the term "Biocoal" (rather than
"Biochar") for charcoal produced from solid organic residues such as
agricultural residues and waste wood. The findings of the project were
reported in a book titled "Biocoal Technology and Economics" by "Regional
Energy Resources Information Center (RERIC)" (email:[email protected]).
The
chapters of the 495-page book were: 1. State of the art of biocoal
technology, 2. Biocoal technology: A comparison of options and
recommendations, 3. Carbonisation of sawdust briquettes, 4.
Laboratory-scale
batch carbonisation selected residues, 5. Cost and availability of
selected
residues in Thailand, 6. Characterisation of selected residues, 7.
Biocoal:
Market requirements and Opportunities in Thailand, and 8. Economics of
biocoal production in Thailand.
A few copies of the book are still available with RERIC. A number of
chapters of the book were summarised as journal articles; I will be happy
to
share some of these with interested persons for their personal use and
research purpose.
S.C. Bhattacharya
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President, International Energy Initiative
Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and
Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata, India.
Associate Editor, Solar Energy
Former Professor & Coordinator, Energy Program,
Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand
T2/17A, Diamond City South, 58 M.G. Road, Tollygunge
Kolkata 700041
Mobile: +91-9831476944
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President, International Energy Initiative
Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and
Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata, India.
Associate Editor, Solar Energy
Former Professor & Coordinator, Energy Program,
Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand
T2/17A, Diamond City South, 58 M.G. Road, Tollygunge
Kolkata 700041
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