[Stoves] Jatropha press cake as a fuel

[psanders at ilstu.edu]

Quoting "Rodenhuis, E.J. (Erik Jan, Student TBK)"
<e.j.rodenhuis at student.utwente.nl>:

> Dear Paul,
>
> Just to be curious, did you actually received some press cake from
> Diligent? And if yes, already tried it?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Erik
>
Erik,

I did not receive any jatropha press cake from Diligent, but I am now in
Cambodia and we have a nice sample here.

I tried to ignite some in a T-LUD and then separately with matches under the
sample.  Unsuccessful both timea.  I still have a week here and hope to
re-examine the issues.

Does anyone have any combustion=related information about jatropha 
press cake? Can so much oil be squeezed out of the seeds that the press 
cake lacks
combustibles?  I hope to also check the moisture (H2O) content.

Paul





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