Nolbert cc List The important variable should not be the first cost of the stove. It should be cost per meal, day, month etc. - including both the stove cost (and lifetime) and the fuels. There are a few on the list who can give better advice if we knew the price of wood and char in Kampala - in different amounts. Per kilo and per tonne would be enough.
Ron On Sep 30, 2013, at 3:07 PM, Nolbert Muhumuza <[email protected]> wrote: > Crispin, Lanny and Ronal, > > I will try the cone sometime in the coming week and promise a feedback > about its help in the igniting process. > > Yes there are come people chopping wood for sale to TLUD users. Its a > young market and we are only trying to grow it along with the stoves. > Still has its own challenges. I have not come across anyone offering > buying char from any TLUD user, most of them cooks prefer using it for > simmering other meals like Crispin pointed out. > > All these are great ideas that could improve TLUD usage, I try to > share it with as many people hoping that someone can take it on. Hard > for Awamu to do all of them at once, you know?! > > Nolbert. > > 2013/9/30, Lanny Henson <[email protected]>: >> Nolbert, >> >> A few things that may make the stove more functional. >> >> Have you tried to cut the wood into smaller lengths and laying then >> horizontally? It will fire up a lot faster. There will be enough gaps for >> the air to flow up from the bottom. >> >> Also you could install a port near the top to add more fuel >> >> If you can add more wood as you go, you could start with less wood to do >> smaller cooking task or add wood to extend the cooking time. >> >> Then you could shorten the bottom section of the stove, because you don't >> need that much storage, and lengthen the top mixing section to get better >> mixing so the flames do not extend too far above the stove. Combustion >> should be almost complete below the pot. >> >> You may need to allow more air through the bottom so you will have enough >> heat to ignite the wood you add. This may burn more of the charcoal but that >> >> is OK, you will still be able to save a good bit of charcoal. >> >> Are you trying to save charcoal? If not burn it and use less wood. >> >> Lanny >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nolbert Muhumuza" <[email protected]> >> To: "Stoves" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 6:19 AM >> Subject: [Stoves] Cooking in Kampala. >> >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> Been to a TLUD Behavioral Change Communication meeting organized by >>> PATH. They showed this video on how TLUD stoves were being used in >>> Kampala. >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXSlpxew8sY >>> >>> Nolbert. >>> >>> -- >>> Nolbert Muhumuza >>> >>> President & Chief Operations Officer >>> Awamu Biomass Energy Ltd. >>> P.O. Box 40127, Nakawa >>> Kampala - Uganda. >>> >>> Mobile: +256-776-346724 >>> Skype: nolbertm >>> www.awamu.ug >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/ >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> >> > > > -- > Nolbert Muhumuza > > President & Chief Operations Officer > Awamu Biomass Energy Ltd. > P.O. Box 40127, Nakawa > Kampala - Uganda. > > Mobile: +256-776-346724 > Skype: nolbertm > www.awamu.ug > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
