[Stoves] Stoves in China

[Thomas Reed]

Dear Paul and All:

I recommend that we all watch the movie in Paul's essay on the DAXU stove. 

http://www.ashdenawards.org/wmv_2007_daxu

It is our dream come true.  It shows what a dedicated government program 
and vision can do relative to the feeble efforts of underfunded 
organizations.  So China has pulled way ahead of the rest of the world 
both in the technology of woodgas stoves and the production.  Check out 
those thousands of stoves in production. 

In particular, notice the widescale production and use of corn stover 
briquettes. 
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While this stove may be good for China, the principles of TLUD need to 
be adapted to each country, its cooking needs and its production 
abilities.  We are producing a "TLUD Research Stove Kit" for those who 
want to experiment. 

Yours truly,

TOM REED                 THE BIOMASS ENERGY FOUNDATION

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Paul S. Anderson wrote:
> Stovers,
>
> With Tom Mile's assistance, I have posted a detailed item about a TLUD gasifier
> stove project in China that won an Ashden Award this year.  25,000 TLUDs as of
> several months ago, and headed toward 10,000 units per month.  See the  report
> at:                      
> http://www.bioenergylists.org/files/TLUD_Gasifier_in_Ashden_Award_for_Enterprise_2007-09-19.pdf
>
> Comments are awaited.  And I hope that CEIDH or Apro will arrange for one of the
> DAXU units to be available for testing at Aprovecho, and seen at ETHOS 2008.
>
> The company doing that project is "Beijing Shenzhou Daxu Bio-energy Technology
> Company Ltd (Daxu)", that I believe is near Beijing.
>
> Recently reported by Aprovecho is their production project in China with the
> "Shengzhou Stove Manufacturer" in Shengzhou.
>
> At first I was confused by the names of the two companies.  Only the letter "g"
> is different in the key word of the names.  I suspect that they are different
> companies, even in different cities.  But could Dean or someone else at Apro or
> CEIDH confirm that they are different companies.
>
> Great to see some action via China.
>
> Paul
>   

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