See comment. On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Paal Wendelbo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Paul and stovers. > > When I started my work with the Peko Pe (PP) 20 years ago the name TLUD > was not on the table. I called it the Multifuel Combustion System (MFCS) > with an *energy unit* (the PP) just to put into a stove.** > > I am still of that opinion that TLUD is not a stove, it is a designed > simple container which can control the combustion of the fuel and give > household energy without smoke and soot. 2 energy units will give 2 blaze, > 3 units will give 3 blaze or 3units togehet for big pots. It is > pre-adjusted for time of burning and pre adjusted for high efficiency for > fast cooking and low efficiency for simmering. For boiling un-soaked beans > you probably need more time, the pot stands on the stove and you can easy > replace it, empty it for biochar, and refill it ready for use. No hopper > and no feeder needed. For bigger pans on institutional kitchen you need > bigger units and start with 3 units for 60 liters pan, when it start > boiling you need only one unit for continue the boil or it will continue > boiling from the glowing if you don’t want to take care of the biochar. > That’s the switch 3 to one for saving fuel. > > That’s what your horizontal Champion TLUD-ND also can do; the vertical > energy unit will give a lower stove and the pot close to the gowing heat, > but is a bit secret until I find someone interested and find money to test > it. > > All my energy units is designed for production by local tinsmiths, which > have had this job for 100reds of years and they should not lose their jobs. > Mass-production will create more unemployment, but a kind of pre-stamped > semi product for assembling by local tinsmiths can do if more units are > needed. There is a production going on in Zambia by a mechanical workshop > and also by local tinsmiths. > So much depends on where one is located in determining the benefits of mass-production. Here in Vietnam a skilled welder received about $100 US per month. But even at such a low wage, this welder cannot compete with mass-production equipment that can make thousands of parts in a day. I think that a day is coming soon when high-quality gasifiers will be situated in many households in Asia. Bottled gas is getting too expensive, and people to not want to go back to burning low-grade biomass. So we must have the means to make a lot of units at a very low cost using quality materials. Also I intend to supply hard-to-make parts to workshops so that they can get units out the door in an efficient manner. Similarly when we turn to China to buy fans, we get a far better price if we buy 10,000 fans instead of 200. This is the logic of mass production. It makes it possible to produce quality items at a reasonable price for a large number of people. > If you with your authority as Dr. TLUD agree with this point of view, can > tell ETOS and GACC about it, it will probably change the discussion a bit. > Another thing: The energy unit and the fuel have to be seen as one unit > regarding Carbon –credits. > > With regards Paal W [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > >
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