[Stoves] About ARECOP workshop in China

Mon Aug 7 01:59:53 CDT 2006

Dear  Paul,
Thanks for sharing your experience during the ARECOP workshop in China. I am waiting  to hear the details of the other workshops and  the gasifiers you saw there in the workshop.  

Thank you also for sharing your information on Dr Mukunda.

Have a nice day,
Regards,
Karabi

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: psanders at ilstu.edu 
  To: tmiles at trmiles.com ; GASIFICATION - Listserve ; ARECOP - Listserve ; STOVES - Listserve 
  Cc: H S Mukunda - IISc - India 
  Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 10:59 AM
  Subject: RE: [Stoves] About ARECOP workshop in China

  Dear All,

  Tom Miles sent me the following info about Dr. Mukunda. Others might 
  also find
  it interesting.

  Also, please note that MY ERROR had Mukunda incorrectly spelled 
  Makunda. I have
  corrected that error in my address book, and I hope others will also note the
  correct spelling.

  Paul

  Quoting Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com>:

  > Paul,
  >
  > Some background on Dr. Mukunda:
  >
  > http://www.goodnewsindia.com/Pages/content/discovery/cgpl.html
  >
  > http://cgpl.iisc.ernet.in/Contacts/HSMukunda.pdf
  >
  > A report on Dr. Mukunda's (IISc) gasifier in Switzerland
  > http://www.gastechnology.org/webroot/downloads/en/IEA/4XylowattPasqualeGiord
  > ano.pdf
  >
  >
  > Dr. Mukunda was an early contributor to the stoves and gasification lists.
  > We met at an IEA thermo-chemical conversion meeting in Banff, Canada, in
  > 1996 (at the same time that I met Ron Larson and Mark Bryden). We have all
  > benefited from his creativity and inspiration.
  >
  > Tom Miles
  >
  >
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: stoves-bounces at listserv.repp.org
  > [mailto:stoves-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Paul S. Anderson
  > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 7:37 PM
  > To: GASIFICATION - Listserve; ARECOP - Listserve; STOVES - Listserve
  > Subject: [Stoves] About ARECOP workshop in China
  >
  > Stovers and Friends,
  >
  > I just got back from the ARECOP workshop in China on Thermal application of
  > gasifiers for cottage industry in developing countries. I will be
  > presenting
  > three reports that each merits a separate thread of discussion. This is the
  > first one on the Workshop itself. Later I will send a message about thermal
  > usage, and then one on types of gasifiers.
  >
  > About 25 people attended, with participants from 9 Asian countries, plus 3
  > of us
  > from the USA. 5 Indonesia, 4 India, 3 Laos, 1 each: Thailand, Pakistan,
  > Nepal,
  > Sri Lanka, Philippines, and various people from China.
  >
  > Professor Dr. Makunda (aided by Dr. Dixit) from the Indian Institute of
  > Science
  > (IISc) was the featured resource person. He has much experience with
  > gasifiers, especially large one for IC engines. To my delight, he is
  > totally
  > enthralled with and working on T-LUD (Top-Lit Updraft) gasifiers.
  > Interestingly, he had little awareness of the past 3+ years of discussions
  > on
  > the Stoves List-Serve or Gasification List-Serve about T-LUD gasifiers, nor
  > of
  > the T-LUD items on the Bioenergylists.org Internet site. Likewise, I had no
  > awareness of his publications and activities. (But we both know and
  > acknowledge Tom Reed's pioneer work on Inverted Downdraft (now called T-LUD)
  > pyrolytic gasifiers.) So we have agreed to keep in touch and be sure we
  > cross-fertilize our streams of information.
  >
  > The ARECOP program is in three parts: First is this workshop where projects
  > are
  > defined. Then those who have selected projects (receiving some ARECOP
  > funding)
  > will have a year to accomplish their projects. Finally, in about July of
  > 2007
  > there will be another gathering to discuss and share the results, to be held
  > in
  > Bangalore, India (which is the location of IISc). That should be a great
  > event,
  > sort of a Summit Meeting about Small Gasifiers.
  >
  > The 25 participants really seemed to bond together and be interested in each
  > others gasifier applications. We had great times eating Chinese meals and
  > going on a couple of field trips (one about energy issues and another for
  > pure
  > tourism.) Only one ARECOP organizer spoke any Chinese, so our oral contact
  > with the Chinese was quite limited, except for the interpreter services of
  > Prof. Pu and two Chinese university students, Michelle and Audrey, who are
  > studying English and are very proficient with English. Our meetings were
  > all
  > conducted in English, which unfortunately limited the participation of the
  > Chinese hosts.
  >
  > This was my first trip to China, and I was very pleased!!! The streets are
  > not
  > crowed and cramped in the cities. New construction is evident and
  > impressive.
  > The people are extremely friendly, but not "in your face" (such as with
  > beggars,
  > of which I only saw only a few in two highly tourist-centered locations).
  > Also,
  > I felt exceptionally safe and secure at all times and would not hesitate to
  > take
  > my family members to China.
  >
  > This message is about China and ARECOP. Notes about usage of gasifier heat
  > and
  > also about combustion technology will be in the next two messages.
  >
  > Paul
  > --
  > Paul S. Anderson, Ph.D., Geography professor - Emeritus
  > Telephone: USA-309-452-7072 (residence and office)
  > Internet site: www.ilstu.edu/~psanders
  > For my gasifier stoves info, go to:
  > http://bioenergylists.org/contributors#Paul_Anderson
  >
  >
  >
  >
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