Dear joyce, Jatropha nuts is a source of vegetable oil and therefore it has a higher commercial value than wood. I would advice you to look for a plant. which has woody stalks. Prosopis juliflora (mesquite) is a wonderful woody plant, which is hardy, fixes its own nitrogen, not eaten by herbivores and which serves a large population in India as a free source of cooking fuel. Also woody agricultural crop species like cotton and pigeonpea can be a big source of cooking fuel. Adding a grate to a three stone fire or to a simple mud stove would turn it into something like a rocket stove, whereby the fuel gets primary air through the grate and the air entering the stove through the firemounth serves as the secondary air, causing the gaseous part of the fuel to burn completely. It would not only raise the efficiency but also reduce the smoke. Do it by all means. Yours A.D.Karve On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Joyce Lockard <[email protected]>wrote:
> I am interested in finding free fuel for the poorest of women and would > like to know where jatropha is growing wild. According to a website, the > Portuguese spread it around the world.**** > > Does anyone know whether jatropha fruit can be safely burned as fuel in > three stone or other stoves inside houses, ie does burning destroy the > toxic phorbol esthers or are the emissions toxic? **** > > Has anyone added a simple grate to a three stove so that jatropha fruit > can be burned?**** > > Is there a manufactured stove that is designed to burn jatropha fruit?**** > > Joyce**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *Joyce M Lockard* > > *Coordinator, Books for the World Project* > > *Beaverton Rotary Club* > > *[email protected]* > > *503-533-4190 Home* > > *503-201-9548 Cell* > > *503-533-4209 Fax* > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://www.bioenergylists.org/ > > > -- *** Dr. A.D. Karve Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)
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