Dear stovers; I am looking again to benefit from your wisdom.
How well do briquettes made of crop residues perform in TLUD stoves, and how well do they make biochar? In the recent discussion "The Art of Using Grass Bundles in TLUD Stoves", one of the participants suggested that I make straw and grass briquettes, and referred me to the Legacy Foundation website. http://www.legacyfound.org/ Of course, the preferred choice is to use pellets in stoves, but for some people, pellets could be a bit expensive. Briquettes look like a good compromise between uncompressed crop residues and pellets, if they can be made using low-cost equipment that doesn't require electricity. What is the experience of stove researchers with briquettes? Do they burn cleanly and efficiency in TLUD stoves? Are they a bit bulky for cookstoves? Do they make biochar, or do they turn to ash as they burn in from the outside? Thanks for your advice, Julien. -- Julien Winter Cobourg, ON, CANADA _______________________________________________ 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://stoves.bioenergylists.org/
