Thanks for your message. The heating of water is done in our lanstove. www.nariphaltan.org/kerolanstove.pdf
Cheers. On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Charlie Sellers <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you for that great reference on improved investigations into this > simple approach! We looked into the use of sari cloth filtration when we > explored methods to use when constructing slow sand filters for an EWB > project, where we needed to effectively sieve the media so that it had the > right particle size distribution. The information we had available to us > concerned just mechanical filtration aspects: > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/health/27sari.html?_r=0 > and as a materials scientist I especially liked their electron microscope > images, showing the differences between new and used sari materials > (showing openings on the order of ~20 microns): > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC298724/?tool=pmcentrez > > But the bottom line is that locally available materials/methods worked for > them in Bangladesh, and now the addition of heating the water afterwards > can lead to even further improvements in the approach's efficacy. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* nari phaltan <[email protected]> > *To:* Discussion of biomass cooking stoves < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, February 8, 2013 4:20 PM > *Subject:* [Stoves] A simple water sterilization technique > > Hello stovers, > > One of the major problems of rural areas is unavailability of clean > drinking water. A simple method of filtration and heating it to 55-60 > degrees Celsius can remove all bacteria. The paper is at; > http://www.currentscience.ac.in/php/forthcoming/RC494.pdf > > And the news item is at; > http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/sari-sun-combo-can-sterilise-dirty-water-619304.html?utm_source=fwire&utm_medium=hp > > Cheers. > > Anil > > > > -- > Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) > Tambmal, Phaltan-Lonand Road > P.O.Box 44 > Phaltan-415523, Maharashtra, India > Ph:91-2166-222396/220945 > e-mail:[email protected] > [email protected] > > http://www.nariphaltan.org > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > -- Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) Tambmal, Phaltan-Lonand Road P.O.Box 44 Phaltan-415523, Maharashtra, India Ph:91-2166-222396/220945 e-mail:[email protected] [email protected] http://www.nariphaltan.org
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