RE: Stove Design Project

["Ron Larson" <ronallarson@qwest.net>]

Hi Graham

	1.  I am taking the liberty of sending your request on to our full list.  I
hope you will respond back though ASAP on your meaning of the word "cofire"
below.

	2.  I don't know the difficulty in your getting to Swaziland, but I would
recommend working with Crispin at New Dawn Engineering, who has a stove that
I believe should fill your needs quite well.  Look back in our "stoves"
archives over the past 2 weeks and you will see plenty to pique you interest
I think.  there has been little study yet of this type - and it is likely to
be able to burn as many fuels as any you can find.  Crispin can direct you
to GTZ in Pretoria - and you should start with Graham, Agnes, and Marlis
there.  I like this stove because it has good air control (and can probably
be improved - as only a few models have thus far been produced).

	3.  In today's "stoves" archives you will see another South African
reporting in on his testing to better fire with coal in South Africa.
Possibly John Davies in Secunda would appreciate some assistance in his
work - which we know to be of high importance in South Africa - although not
possibly meeting your desire to work with different fuels.  However, I am
sure that if John is successfully combusting coal, he can work with many
other fuels as well.  Again this is good timing, as John showed just a few
weeks ago what seems to have been a much different design.

	4.  There are several student groups doing stoves testing now in the US.
If you do not hear from them, please write again and I will send some
addresses.  Perhaps you can describe what testing capabilities you have in
Cape Town.

	to others:  The very best book I have ever seen on PV design came from the
University of Cape Town.  I anticipate that Graham will do a bang up job.


Ron


-----Original Message-----
From: UCT Student - HPBGRA001 [mailto:HPBGRA001@mail.uct.ac.za]
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 6:39 AM
To: ronallarson@qwest.net
Subject: Stove Design Project


Hello,
My name is Graham Hepburn and I am busy studying my final year of
Mechanincal Engineering at the University of Cape Town.  My Thesis topic
is to research stove developments and then design, build and test a
stove that uses multiple fuels, and aimed at the rural developing
market.  I have researched quite thoroughly on the internet, but have
not found much information on cofire cookstoves.  Do you have any
information regarding this topic, or suggestions for people to contact.
I would grateful for your assisstance.

Yours sincerely
Graham Hepburn



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