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Stoves Camp 2009 Report

Submitted by Erin Rasmussen on 13 August 2009 - 10:29am
Last updated August 13, 2009
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Summary of ETHOS Stove Camp, August 3-7, 2009
Dean Still and Nordica MacCarty

Forty three folks attended Stove Camp this year coming from as far away as Norway, Germany, Honduras, and Mexico. Some people were too busy making stoves to be in the official photo. Paal Wendelbo, winner of the $250 prize for most interesting development, is the white haired gentleman two spaces to Dean’s left. The theme this year constellated around health issues. You can see the presentations and results from Stove Camp by visiting http://www.aprovecho.org/lab/index.php.

Stoves Camp 2009 Group Photo
Stoves Camp 2009 Group Photo

Stove Camp featured many experiments. We set up a Test Kitchen, in which stoves were tested, making posho (African corn meal mush). Particulate Matter and Carbon monoxide were recorded in both the room air and at the nose/mouth of the cook. We also used a RAD 57 from Masimo to non-invasively measure levels of CO in the cook’s blood before and after cooking. Stoves were also tested under the emissions hood, and practice WBTs were run without emissions measurements. Peter Scott and Dr. Andreatta were successful in creating an aluminum mitad with even temperatures for making injira.

See the attached report for more detail

Fuel Briquette Burning at Stoves Camp 2008

Submitted by Tom Miles on 31 August 2008 - 11:46am
Last updated September 16, 2008
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Fuel Briquette Burning at Stoves Camp 2008
Rok Oblak, August 31, 2008
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This prototype was to check the hole of the briquette and how gasification can do a nice job. As said, starting the fire with few small sticks and then after preheating the chamber, briquettes ignite by themselves and burn throughly. You can help flames with having a stick in the hole while burning. I really liked how the briquette retained its shape after it burned out, so you could still push the next one it without preventing the draft..

But the briquette burned with the surface lit from the combustion chamber, as Larry predicted. You could literally walk away of the stove with the consistent flame going on all the time (I guess the briquettes were good quality :) The air inflow was only through the hole of the briquette.

Funny was, that even when one briquette burned out, the next one ignited and the airflow continued through the hole of the first briquette.

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Stove Camp Highlights

Submitted by Tom Miles on 26 August 2008 - 7:57pm
Last updated September 16, 2008
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Stove Camp Highlights
Nordica MacCarty, Aprovecho Research Center, August 2008
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Greetings Stove Campers!

I hope you are all well, back in your corners of the world.

At long last, the summary and data from stove camp is available, including:
*An attached .pdf of the results and highlights of camp.
*All of the presentations and resources posted on our website at: http://www.aprovecho.org/web-content/publications/publications.html
*Many photos are also uploaded on picasa at http://picasaweb.google.com/aproresearch

Thanks for making Stove Camp 2008 a great success, and we hope to see you in the future!

With best wishes,

Nordica

Mrs. Nordica MacCarty
Laboratory Manager, Mechanical Engineer
Aprovecho Research Center
www.aprovecho.org
541-767-0287 Oregon, USA
nordica.maccarty@gmail.com

Summary of Aprovecho’s Summer Stove Camp, 2006

Submitted by Tom Miles on 11 September 2006 - 10:30am
Last updated April 26, 2007
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Summary of Aprovecho’s Summer Stove Camp, 2006
By Dean Still and Nordica MacCarty, September 6, 2006

ETHOS STOVE CAMP AUG.4-8

Submitted by Tom Miles on 26 April 2008 - 9:31am
Last updated October 28, 2008
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ETHOS STOVE CAMP AUG.4-8
Dean Still, Aprovecho Research Center, April 25, 2008

Dear All,

Stove Camp this year will take place August 4-8 here at the new lab which is on 4 beautiful acres with a nice river on two sides of the property. Folks are invited to camp here near the river! We will cook on wood burning stoves for lunch and dinner and bake tasty bread in a Rocket bread oven. We can have bonfires at night and figure out how to distribute one billion stoves.

Paul Van der Sluis from Philips may be able to attend. Friends in India are trying to buy and send us a BP stove. Can anyone in India assist them? I'll pay costs, shipping, etc.

Pam Baldinger, now in Darfur with USAID, very much supports this year's theme and contest. The team that cooks corn flour using the least fuel, etc. wins the more and more coveted Dr. Kirk Smith Cat Pee Award and $250! The most effective solutions will be sent to Pam.

Let's prove that cooking with wood can be done with very little fuel! It's important! Let's help refugees.

There's room for 25 participants. Book early!

ETHOS Stove Camp costs are:
Instruction/Participation: $100 students $200 others
Camping (5 nights): $25 students $50 others
Five dinners cooked here with wood on Rocket and other stoves: $25

Best,

Dean

Aprovecho Research Center
Fred's Island
Cottage Grove, Oregon
541 767 0287
http://www.aprovecho.org

Summary of Stove Camp 2007

Submitted by Tom Miles on 4 August 2007 - 1:12pm
Last updated February 06, 2009
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Summary of Stove Camp 2007
Dean Still, Nordica MacCarty, Aprovecho Research Center

Aprovecho Stove Camp 2007 SCHEDULE

Submitted by aprojeremy on 10 July 2007 - 3:07pm
Last updated August 05, 2007
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Aprovecho Stove Camp 2007 SCHEDULE
Jeremy Roth, Aprovecho Research Center, July 12, 2007

Stove Camp 2007 is set to start on Monday 7-16 at 9:00 am. If you are planning on attending and haven't contacted us yet, please get in touch ASAP!!

The following is a schedule for the classes that will be offered for during the 2007 Aprovecho Research Center / ETHOS Stove Camp.

Aprovecho / ETHOS Stove Camp 2007- Creswell, Oregon July 16-20

Submitted by aprojeremy on 30 May 2007 - 8:30pm
Last updated August 08, 2007
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Aprovecho / ETHOS Stove Camp 2007- Creswell, Oregon
Jeremy Roth, Aprovecho Research Center, April 26, 2007

Once again, the annual Aprovecho Stove Camp will be held July 16-20 at the Aprovecho Research Center lab in Creswell, Oregon. Click here for a map

More information on the Aprovecho Stove Camp can be found on their website.
www.aprovecho.org/stovecamp07.htm

The Aprovecho Stove Camp is a chance for people interested and involved in the research, design, construction, and dissemination of biomass cooking stoves to come together for a hands on collaborative event. Participants will discuss, design, build, and test cook stoves in Aprovecho's laboratory. Sessions for newcomers and stove veterans will run concurrently.

Nordica MacCarty will do a training on how to use the Portable Emissions Monitoring System (PEMS) at Stove Camp July 16-20. We can evaluate emissions using the PEMS.

Paul Anderson will teach a session on TLUD (Top Lit Updraft) stoves.

We are awarding a $250 prize to the best natural draft stove...and doing a very thorough two day review called" Almost Everything About Stoves" that will run concurrently as folks build and test best stoves. (Two tracks happening at the same time). Tami Bond will probably be there and Dale Andreatta along with many other notables. Aprovecho has THREE COOL NEW STOVES to share.

COME ONE, COME ALL! Directions, etc. to follow!! Sailing on the lake, too!

Dean Still

One Day at Aprovecho Stove Camp 2006

Submitted by Tom Miles on 16 September 2006 - 4:05pm
Last updated December 27, 2008
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One Day at Aprovecho Stove Camp 2006
Tom Miles September 16, 2006

Aprovecho Camp 2006 06

Submitted by Tom Miles on 11 September 2006 - 10:53am
Last updated October 31, 2008
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Aprovecho Camp 2006 06
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