[Stoves] (no subject)

Thomas Reed tombreed at comcast.net
Thu Jun 22 08:31:24 CDT 2006


Dear Dean and All:

Great video.  One hates to admit it, but having a good web site is 
almost better than having good science.  Putting the two together makes 
it unbeatable. 

Congratulations,

TOM REED     BEF

Dean Still wrote:
> Dear Kevin,
>
> At the end of the video there is a chart comparing the Jiko and the
> 'charcoal Rocket' for fuel, energy, CO and PM.
>
> Best,
>
> Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stoves-bounces at listserv.repp.org
> [mailto:stoves-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Chisholm
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 7:45 PM
> To: Tom Miles; STOVES at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG
> Cc: 'ethos'
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] (no subject)
>
> Dear Tom
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Miles" <tmiles at trmiles.com>
> To: <STOVES at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG>
> Cc: "'ethos'" <ethos at vrac.iastate.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:39 PM
> Subject: [Stoves] (no subject)
>
>
>   
>> Video: Charcoal burning Rocket stove reduces CO emissions
>> http://www.aprovecho.net/stoves/web-content/media/charcoal/charcoal.html
>> Jeremy Roth, Dean Still, Nordica MacCarty, Aprovecho Research Center June
>> 2006
>>     
>
> The chimney used in the Video is hardly a "Rocket Stove"... it is simply a 
> chimney above a charcoal bed.
>   
>> Watch and listen as Dean Still demonstrates how adding a short insulated
>> chimney to the combustion chamber of a charcoal burning stove can
>> significantly reduce carbon monoxide emissions.
>>     
>
> Dean shows the CO going from 8 to 1800 to 8 ppm CO in the video, but he 
> doesn't give any indication of what the performance would be without a 
> stack. There is no basis in this Video for claiming that the stack reduces 
> the CO.
>   
>> Also linked from www.bioenergylists.org
>>
>> See stove construction and test data at:
>> http://bioenergylists.org/en/charcoalcoemissions
>>     
>
> The data shown on the Video does not match with the data shown at this site.
>
>   
>> and http://bioenergylists.org/en/improvedcharcoal
>>
>>     
> Construction details at this site don't match the appearance of the 
> insulated stack shown in the video.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Kevin
>   
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