Paul, Prof Bhattacharya,
We'll post it on the site(s) probably on Saturday. I am doing field work in the Midwest and will be back in the office on Monday. Thanks Tom Thomas R. Miles T.R. Miles, Technical Consultants, Inc. 1470 SW Woodward Way Portland, OR 97225 503-292-0107 503-780-8185 cel 503-292-2919 fax [email protected] www.trmiles.com www.biochar.bioenergylists.org From: Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:16 AM To: Paul S. Anderson Cc: Tom Miles - Stoves - Oregon; Discussion of biomass cooking stoves; Kathy Nafie Subject: Re: [Stoves] Gasifier stove and related work at the Asian institute of Technology Other technology packages and published papers of the Sida project can be downloaded from www.retsasia.ait.ac.th. The biomass/stove group may be interested the package on drying, which includes a hybrid drier using solar energy and bioenergy from a gasifier stove, heat output of which could be automatically controlled by using a thermostat. I also coordinated another regional project (Asian Regional Research Programme in Energy, Environment and Climate, ARRPEEC) funded by Sida in three phases during 1995-2005. One of the 4 projects of ARRPEEC was on biomass. Dissemination booklets of ARRPEEC and some of the papers published can be downloaded from www.arrpeec.ait.ac.th The websites above is not operational now. These should be up and running in 2-3 weeks after the flood water recedes. Please let me know if there is any problem. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Paul S. Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: Thank you. I have received it, and we will hear from Tom Miles about it being posted or not by him. If he does not post it, I can at my site or maybe at the BEF site. A document that size cannot go through the Stoves Listserv, so other readers who want a copy will soon be able to get it via a website. I believe that similar documents should or could be made available via some websites. What other ones are available? Is there a list of titles you could send? 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 (Best ref.) Quoting "Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya" <[email protected]>: I am attaching the package mentioned. Best regards. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Paul S. Anderson <[email protected]>wrote: 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 -- 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 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> <http://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] <mailto: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 -- Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya, Ph.D. (Cambridge, UK) 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 <tel:%2B91-9831476944> ------------------------------****----------------------------**--**---- This message was sent using Illinois State University RedbirdMail -- Prof. S.C. 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