[Stoves] Stoves Digest, Vol 1, Issue 18

[A.S.K. Weerakkody]

To all RI Staff working in Darfur!

Eventhough I am living in Philippines & SriLanka, much far away from Darfur,
the loss of this brave man was very shocking to me. I am very sad about this
news. Knowing the danger he still worked for the desperate people. During my
previous carrier as a professional working around Asia Pacific region, I too
have come across many people for whom, a human life was not much different
to that of a mosquito. Please convey my deepest sympathys to that great good
man's family. I too have been in similar situations, but for some luck, I'm
still alive.

Engr. Weerakkody


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>   1. FW: Uganda update - Copy of Ken Goyer's note to Dan Wolf
>      (Warren Goyer)
>   2. What information on this list and website do you find most
>      useful? (Tom Miles)
>   3. Fuel and Equivalence Ratio Diagrams (Thomas Reed)
>   4. Centralized Damage Management (CDM) (Boll, Martin Dr.)
>   5. Rocket Fuel? (Jeff Davis)
>   6. Re: Rocket Fuel? (Jigme Rangdrol)
>   7. Re: Rocket Fuel? (Jeff Davis)
>   8. Re: Rocket Fuel? (Richard Stanley)
>   9. Re: Rocket Fuel? (Jeff Davis)
> 10. Re: Rocket Fuel? (Carefreeland at aol.com)
> 11. Fireballs production.   was Re:  Rocket Fuel? (Paul S. Anderson)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:05:26 -0700
> From: "Warren Goyer" <wgoyer at uptimecorp.com>
> Subject: [Stoves] FW: Uganda update - Copy of Ken Goyer's note to Dan
>        Wolf
> To: <Stoves at listserv.repp.org>
> Message-ID: <000001c6a84a$0429eaa0$0300a8c0 at Hp1270>
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> Ken Goyer posting from Uganda:
>
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Dear Dan, Thanks for the news. I'm very sorry for this tragic loss. Our
> work
> should continue however. I am now here in Kampala with Mathew and VJ and
> anticipating leaving for Turkey on Monday. I will write more on what has
> happened here in Uganda, but for now I wanted to say that this tragedy
> shouldn't change our project unless the RI staff in Sudan believe that the
> risks have increased to the point that it is foolish to continue. I worry
> most about vehicle accidents. As I have never flown a helicopter, I think
> about the nut holding on the rotor blade, but I imagine that it is safe.
>
> See you in Darfur,
>
> Much love to all, Ken
>
> dwolf at lifelinefund.org wrote:
>
> Dear Mathew, VJ and Ken,
>
> I have just reveived this email from Elizabeth Ross at Relief
> International. Tragically, one of their staff members was killed in El
> Fasher. Obviously, this highlights the risks that working in Darfur
> entails.
>
> I do not know the circumstances surrounding this killing or how it is
> going to effect RI's operation in Darfur. Assuming RI continues to
> believe that the environment is safe enough for them to continue their
> operations (which it appears they do), I am prepared to go ahead with our
> program as well. (Without at all discounting the risks, I should note my
> belief that the situation is significantly more dangerous for Sudanese aid
> workers than it is for international staff.)
>
> Regardless, anyone who does go to Darfur needs to be cognizant of the
> risks and should take all prudent steps to minimize them when there. Most
> importantly, this means avoiding travel to remote camps that are avoided
> or only rarely visited by other NGOs for security reasons. Given the
> nature of our project, I think we will be able to do a good deal of work
> with relatively low security risk, since (1) much of the NGO training can
> take place in the provincial capitals, and (2) most of the larger stove
> programs are in camps (e.g., Kalma, Zam Zam, Kass, etc.), which are nearby
> to those capitals or other large towns and which have a significant NGO
> presence.
>
> Anyway, those are my preliminary thoughts subject to getting more
> information from RI. If any of you have any other recent informmation
> regarding the security situation in Darfur or further thoughts about the
> issue, please share them with me.
>
> By the way, Mathew, can you let me know what would be the cost and
> availability of BA tickets from DC to Khartoum would be in mid-August, as
> well as a return ticket to DC from either Kampala or dar Salam in late
> September?
>
> Warm regards to all,
>
> Dan
>
>
> ----------------------------
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Wednesday, July 12, 2006
>
>
>
> Relief International Aid Worker Killed in Sudan's North Darfur
>
>
>
> Los Angeles, CA / Darfur, Sudan - A relief worker with the U.S.-basedglobal
> humanitarian organization Relief International (RI) was killed Wednesday
> as
> a result of an armed attack on a Relief International vehicle.
>
>
>
> Hassan Ahmad Idris, a Sudanese agricultural officer, was one of two
> national
> staff who, along with a driver, were on a regular field mission in the
> state
> of North Darfur when their vehicle was stopped by armed robbers.  Idris,
> 23,
> was shot by the assailants and died immediately. One of the robbers has
> been
> arrested and is in police custody.
>
>
>
> "We are deeply saddened by this tragic news," says Dr. Farshad Rastegar,
> CEO
> of Relief International.  "Hassan Idris was a dedicated humanitarian and a
> hardworking staff member who was greatly loved and respected by all his
> colleagues.  As a key member of RI's livelihoods program, he was
> instrumental in helping displaced Darfurians in the most remote areas
> regain
> access to food and economic security."
>
>
>
> With more than 100 staff members working in Darfur, Relief International
> is
> a major provider of primary health, reproductive health, food security,
> livelihoods and protection services in Darfur to over 350,000 vulnerable
> and
> displaced civilians.  Relief International has temporarily suspended
> operations in the Kebkabiya region where the incident took place while it
> reviews the security conditions in the area.  Relief International is
> continuing programs in other regions and remains committed to delivering
> essential humanitarian services in Darfur to assist civilians who have
> been
> affected by the conflict.
>
>
>
> ABOUT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL
>
> RI is a humanitarian non-profit agency that provides emergency relief,
> rehabilitation, and development assistance and program services to
> vulnerable communities worldwide. RI focuses on bridging emergency relief
> to
> development through transitional, cross-sectoral and integrated programs.
> RI
> is solely dedicated to reducing human suffering and is non-political and
> non-sectarian in its mission.  RI has branch offices in the UK, Japan,
> Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Israel, Jordan, Niger, Sri Lanka,
> Sudan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories and other
> countries.  www.ri.org <http://www.ri.org/>
>
>
>
>
>
> Contact:
>
> Carrie Greenberg
>
> Communications Director, Relief International
>
> Phone: 310.478.1200; Fax: 310.478.1212
>
> carrie at ri.org <mailto:norris at ri.org>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:22:49 -0700
> From: "Tom Miles" <tmiles at trmiles.com>
> Subject: [Stoves] What information on this list and website do you
>        find most       useful?
> To: <Stoves at listserv.repp.org>
> Message-ID: <000001c6a84c$71cd0400$0300a8c0 at Hp1270>
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> Stovers,
>
> This week we posted a poll on the www.bioenergylists.org website asking
> what
> information visitors to the site find most useful. The same questions
> apply
> to the discussion list itself. Please vote on the website or comment to
> the
> list.
>
> 1. Current stove events and activities
> 2. Stove design and construction
> 3. Stove performance testing and efficient cooking practices
> 4. Health and Safety
> 5. Emissions
> 6. Examples of stove dissemination
> 7. Contacts and information about organizations promoting improved stoves
> 8. Fuels and fuel properties
> 9. Pictures and videos of stoves
> 10. Something else. . .(Please comment)
>
> Your comments are helpful. Since this is a volunteer activity we want to
> focus our efforts on topics of interest.
>
> We generally add content to the website that compliments the discussion
> underway on the list. As some list members have discovered you are welcome
> to submit comments and information directly to the website ( See
> "Submit").
>
> Thanks for your help and your contributions
>
> Tom Miles
> tmiles at trmiles.com
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:28:59 -0700
> From: "Thomas Reed" <tombreed at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Stoves] Fuel and Equivalence Ratio Diagrams
> To: <Stoves at listserv.repp.org>
> Cc: gasification at listserv.repp.org
> Message-ID: <000501c6a855$b07baea0$0300a8c0 at Hp1270>
> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"
>
> I recently visited the Bioamss Energy Lab in Golden Colorado where they
> discussed all biomass conversion in terms of the "Equivalence Ratio" and
> the
> associated  air/Fuel ratios.  I asked for a fuller explanation and Tom
> Reed
> provided two diagrams which can be found at:
> http://bioenergylists.org/en/fuelconversioner
> _____
>
> Tom explains:
>
> Most of us live in the real world of muddy fuels and facts.  A few live in
> the world of theory.  As an inventor, I live on the border between the
> two.
> I have written about and used thermodynamics, but I also know plumbing,
> engines etc.  The combination can be powerful.
>
> Most of those who use the REPP sites (fortunately) live in the real world.
> However, I think they would like also to have a mental picture of the
> theoretical basis of what they are doing to aid their thinking.  It is
> important to think "outside the box", but only after you know most of what
> is "inside the box".
>
> I believe it would be useful for the gasification, stove, and possibly
> other
> sites to have access to this simple theoretical background.  I am
> attaching
> two diagrams with explanations of their use that I believe would be
> generally very helpful to our real world friends. I'll also post them on
> our
> website.
>
> Yours truly,
>
> TOM REED          THE BIOMASS ENERGY FOUNDATION
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:10:50 +0200
> From: "Boll, Martin Dr." <boll.bn at t-online.de>
> Subject: [Stoves] Centralized Damage Management (CDM)
> To: "Stoves-List" <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
> Message-ID:
>
> <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAA4n9io2HvQEGytcQSGjeQcsKAAAAQAAAA7XeqIoSJX0atbv9lhvtWtAEAAAAA@
> t-online.de>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"
>
> Dear "all abbreviation knowers"
>
>
>
> The "USA" flows 1.through BN, the city where EP lived with his father and
> 2.through FB, the other city where EP served in the army, but I do not
> expect you to know, but certainly you know EP.
>
>
>
> How much more effort would it be, to set the whole meaning in brackets
> after
> the first time you use an abbreviation within a message?
>
>
>
> "USA" ( is a real existing name of a small river: pronounced  "oozah").
> This
> river flows though Bad Nauheim  where EP (Elvis Presley) had his home
> during
> his military-time in FB (=Friedberg/Hessen, Germany).
>
>
>
> Normally I like to omit the text with unknown abbreviations, but CDM seems
> to be important.
>
> Therefore I would like to know what you normally understand by CDM,
> -beside
> Centralized Damage Management-
>
>
>
> Hope you can smile
>
> About foreign writer
>
>
>
> Martin
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:01:08 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Jeff Davis" <jeff0124 at velocity.net>
> Subject: [Stoves] Rocket Fuel?
> To: stoves at listserv.repp.org
> Message-ID: <16946.152.50.3.3.1153011668.squirrel at www.velocity.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
>
> Dear List,
>
> What if we used the material that I use, algae/pond scum, paper pulp, etc.
> to make fireballs and make firesticks? In other words roll this feedstock
> into cylinders, not balls.
>
> Has this been done before?
>
> Is this a waste of time?
>
> If this were a good idea, would someone like Dean Still like to test them
> in a rocket stove? I do not have a rocket stove and have almost no time to
> build one. But, in time, I could produce the fuel.
>
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> --
> Jeff Davis
>
> Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:11:39 -0700
> From: Jigme Rangdrol <rangdrol at turboisp.com>
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] Rocket Fuel?
> To: Jeff Davis <jeff0124 at velocity.net>, Stove List
>        <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
> Message-ID: <44B9924B.4000808 at turboisp.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> This is a GREAT idea! How small and uniform can you get?
>
>
> Jeff Davis wrote:
>
> >Dear List,
> >
> >What if we used the material that I use, algae/pond scum, paper pulp,
> etc.
> >to make fireballs and make firesticks? In other words roll this feedstock
> >into cylinders, not balls.
> >
> >Has this been done before?
> >
> >Is this a waste of time?
> >
> >If this were a good idea, would someone like Dean Still like to test them
> >in a rocket stove? I do not have a rocket stove and have almost no time
> to
> >build one. But, in time, I could produce the fuel.
> >
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:42:10 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Jeff Davis" <jeff0124 at velocity.net>
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] Rocket Fuel?
> To: stoves at listserv.repp.org
> Message-ID: <18396.152.50.3.3.1153014130.squirrel at www.velocity.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
>
>
> Jigme wrote,
> > This is a GREAT idea! How small and uniform can you get?
>
> I have no idea. It would be formed by hand, to start with.
>
> This Sunday I hope to harvest more pond scum.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> --
> Jeff Davis
>
> Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:32:47 -0700
> From: Richard Stanley <rstanley at legacyfound.org>
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] Rocket Fuel?
> To: Stoves List <Stoves at listserv.repp.org>
> Message-ID: <2788fa10428bc42b9e39bde980bf095a at legacyfound.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
> Jeff,
> Don't know if it is relevant but check out <www.legacyfound.org>
> As much as we tout cylindrical briquettes from the same materials (and
> dozens of others), algae (ok certain albeit common type/s of same ) is
> the hottest thing to produce biodiesel from these days...
> Richard Stanley
> On Jul 15, , at 6:42 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:
>
> >
> > Jigme wrote,
> >> This is a GREAT idea! How small and uniform can you get?
> >
> > I have no idea. It would be formed by hand, to start with.
> >
> > This Sunday I hope to harvest more pond scum.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Davis
> >
> > Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Stoves mailing list
> > Stoves at listserv.repp.org
> > http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_listserv.repp.org
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:28:49 -0400
> From: Jeff Davis <jeff0124 at velocity.net>
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] Rocket Fuel?
> To: stoves at listserv.repp.org
> Message-ID: <200607160128.49192.jeff0124 at velocity.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Look's like a good thing to support by purchasing some manuals. Can't wait
> to
> see the pulping/pellet machine!
>
> In regards to algae: I would like to get a small swimming pool (kids) to
> grow
> algae in. Feed the algae, harvest, measure (science part), burn in stove
> and
> return the char/ash to the pool. Natures solar cell. This way we would
> have a
> controlled experiment. Maybe next year. This summer will be over soon!!!
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> On Sunday 16 July 2006 12:32 am, Richard Stanley wrote:
> > Jeff,
> >   Don't know if it is relevant but check out <www.legacyfound.org>
> > As much as we tout cylindrical briquettes from the same materials (and
> > dozens of others), algae (ok certain albeit common type/s of same ) is
> > the hottest thing to produce biodiesel from these days...
> > Richard Stanley
> >
> > On Jul 15, , at 6:42 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:
> > > Jigme wrote,
> > >
> > >> This is a GREAT idea! How small and uniform can you get?
> > >
> > > I have no idea. It would be formed by hand, to start with.
> > >
> > > This Sunday I hope to harvest more pond scum.
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeff Davis
> > >
> > > Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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>
> --
> Jeff Davis
> Somewhere 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
> http://www.velocity.net/~jeff0124
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:36:21 EDT
> From: Carefreeland at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] Rocket Fuel?
> To: jeff0124 at velocity.net, stoves at listserv.repp.org
> Message-ID: <55f.2b113f1.31eb2a55 at aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> The good thing about rods or logs vs. balls out of rough fiber, is that
> you
> can twist it to the correct density.  I have been impressed with the
> superior
> combustion of twisted sections of newspaper compared to the rolled balls
> Dad
> taught me to start fires with. I can adjust density to match chimney
> draft.
>
>       Dan Dimiduk
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:58:24 -0500
> From: "Paul S. Anderson" <psanders at ilstu.edu>
> Subject: [Stoves] Fireballs production.   was Re:  Rocket Fuel?
> To: Carefreeland at aol.com
> Cc: stoves at listserv.repp.org
> Message-ID: <20060716075824.ykiocbcvokw8w4ss at webmail2.ilstu.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset=ISO-8859-1;     format="flowed"
>
> Dan and Jeff,
>
> The newspaper Dan mentions is dry when you twist it.  But if made wet, it
> will
> not twist well but will compress more when squeezed.  Jeff has a wet
> process
> for fireballs.
>
> Jeff, the package of fireballs you sent me has arrived.  I am impressed by
> the
> number of types (mixtures), but with so few of each type I cannot do much
> of a
> test burning and still have some as demo items.  I hope to test some
> tonight in
> a small gasifier.  The shapes and sizes (mixed diameters) are excellent
> for fuel
> feeding.
>
> There is a dung-burning rocket stove with nearly vertical gravity feed of
> fuel
> that would probably easily use the fireballs.
>
> How big of a batch could you make in 5 weeks and ship to Stove
> Camp?  Those of
> us there would treat them with respect and give good feedback.  Some with
> charcoal included are fine, but pure biomass ones are what we need most.
>
> Jeff, although there are different qualities of fuel, basically fuel is
> fuel is
> fuel, and the "value" is in the heat energy of BTU or MJ or kilocalories,
> etc.
>
> BUT, what you have that is so exciting is a different way to "create" the
> fuel
> from low-value biomass.  Can you direct us to (or do the write-up with
> photos)
> of details about the "agglomerator" and however else you can create the
> fireballs (apart from hand squeezing).  When people can shovel in the raw
> materials and get fireballs to fall out (and just need sun-drying), THAT
> is
> what can make the fireballs so truly valuable.  How could we make one
> for Stove
> Camp?
>
> Low density is less of a problem if the quantities of usable fuels are
> much
> greater.
>
> Pellet machines work that way (raw material goes in, fuel comes out), but
> are
> very expensive, energy intensive, and fussy about the raw materials
> (mainly
> sawdust).  But pellet making has become an industryRichard Stanley's
> briquette-
> making methods and presses are major improvements for the low-cost side of
> creating a biomass fuel, but the method is somewhat labor intensive (and
> we
> await Richard's peddle-step-powered continual-operation device).  So, the
> device for making the fireballs is the hinge-point that will take
> fireballs
> into the mainstream of fuels or keep fireballs on the "backburner" as an
> interesting novelty fuel.
>
> We wish you 400% success, and more.
>
> 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
>
>
> Quoting Carefreeland at aol.com:
>
> > The good thing about rods or logs vs. balls out of rough fiber, is that
> you
> > can twist it to the correct density.  I have been impressed with the
> superior
> > combustion of twisted sections of newspaper compared to the rolled balls
> Dad
> > taught me to start fires with. I can adjust density to match chimney
> draft.
> >
> >       Dan Dimiduk
> > _______________________________________________
> > Stoves mailing list
> > Stoves at listserv.repp.org
> > http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_listserv.repp.org
> >
>
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