[Stoves] Strategies for Getting Large Quantities of ImprovedCooking Devices Into Use

[William Carr]

On Dec 13, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:

> Here’s a maybe: I’ve been collecting orange peels to test how they  
> will
> burn in a T-LUD. Now with this thought in mind, we have fuel that was
> already trucked into the house, we just need to dry and size it.

I've done some testing along those lines.

Very dry orange peel burns because it contains fragrant oils.

But it burns best when added to a very hot fire rather than used as a  
primary fuel.



Compare any alternative fuel to using twigs gathered from your front  
yard.

Twigs once started have huge energy/to/surface area potential.

Orange peel, not so much unless you could force dry it by packing in  
salt to remove moisture.

Peanut shells, on the other hand, burn  fiercely, again, when added  
to a hot fire.

Also, if you're using a fuel metering system and forced air, dry  
coffee grounds are a rush to burn.

I wonder if there's somebody pelletizing peanut shells.

I doubt that orange peel would make good pellet material, since the  
industry already steams all the oil out to get the D-Limeonene to sell.