[Stoves] Fuel Testing

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Steve wrote:
Steve,
Strangely enough just such standards exist.  Some contributers to the 
lists seem to overlook that tool which can be found at 
http://bioenergylists.org/en/performance

Maybe they don't go to the website and maybe they do not know of the 
existence of these tools. 

There have been discussions about using the tests with pot lids on or 
off.  For comparative purposes shouldn't the internationally recognized 
testing methods  always be used and report if it is done with pot lids 
on or off?

If different methods are used, shouldn't they be used in addition to the 
international methods and offered as a comparison!
> How about adopting standard test methods like yours by all
> members ? It seems that there is rather a lot of ad-hoc-ness
>  in the approach taken, with grave difficulty in
> reproducibility.
>
> Steve
>
>   
Steve this link will take you to the internationally recognized testing 
protocols.  Basically there are 3 types of test.  Water boiling Test, 
Kitchen Performance Tests, Controlled Cooking  Test
http://ceihd.berkeley.edu/heh.stove_perf_eval.htm

Perhaps some do not agree with these protocols, and if they can be 
approved that would be great, but until those improvements are adopted 
it just makes all reporting confusing as you have observed.

warm regards
David Whitfield
Developing, Testing and Disseminating stoves in Bolivia
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