[Stoves] Seminal Stove Research Paper

[Thomas Reed]

Dear Dean and Nordica:

Congratulations on your (first?) stove research paper, at

http://www.bioenergylists.org/en/apro3stove07

I have printed it out for closer study, but have some general questions 
and comments and hope that you will be writing a more comprehensive 
paper after further testing.  This paper will give you and other stove 
designers a lot to think about for the future of natural draft wood 
cookstove design. 
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Cross sectional diagrams of each stove setup would be useful in helping 
those not present in understanding the results.  While you mention the 
"Three Stone Fire"  several times, I wasn't sure whether you simulated 
it in the 5 liter Rocket shown in the figure or set one up separately. 

You have filtered the results through the wonders of spreadsheet 
graphing and your own perceptions of the most important variables.  I 
hope if you continue the research that you will include a table of the 
raw data so that each reader can draw these and other conclusions of 
their own.
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I am fond of saying that while understanding the secrets of the atom 
from zero to Hiroshima  took < 50 years, we have learned more about 
biomass stoves in the last 50 years than the previous 50,000 years, and 
we still have a lot more to learn as we are weaned from the fossil fuel 
tit. It's unfortunate that we put such a high priority on killing people 
and so low a priority on feeding them. 

Again, congratuations on a fascinating first glimpse at comparative 
stove research.

Yours truly,

TOM REED        BEF

PS:  Loved the logo at the top of the paper.  Is that a "Rotegrity 
Sphere"?  Can you give us a short history. 



Dean Still wrote:
> Dear Stovers,
>
> Nordica and I tested and compared four stoves: the Sunken Pot Institutional
> Rocket, A Sunken Pot Household version, a single pot Rocket with and without
> skirt and the Three Stone Fire. The report is posted at:
>
> http://www.bioenergylists.org/en/apro3stove07
>
> The sunken pot stoves were generally more successful even compared to a
> Rocket with a skirt. 
>
> We hope you enjoy the paper,
>
> Dean and Nordica
>
>
>
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