Aprovecho Research Center eNewsletter

Clean Burning of Biomass Scotland has banned the use of climate polluting home heating systems such

HOT! Boman reports that temperatures above 850°C, in a 5kW combustion zone combined with air rich and

Ice Storm 2024! On January 14, ARC staff experienced a catastrophe when ice brought down about one

COP 28: Near-zero emissions in global building sector thermal image of a house juxtaposed with

Part 2 - EPA's Lab Test Results for Household Cookstoves, Jim Jetter, 2012 Since 2012, optimized

From: EPA's Lab Test Results for Household Cookstoves, Jim Jetter, 2012 Key findings compared

From The WHO on Lower Emission Solid Fuel Stoves In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued

Mixing with Primary and Secondary Jets of Air Regardless of the velocity of secondary air, flow rate,

Cleaner Burning Biomass Stoves: In Homes! The British Petroleum clean burning Oorja FD-TLUD stove

Moving Forward: Thanks to Jim Jetter's EPA Lab! Champion (2021) average energy emission factors (

Clean Burning with Metering and Mixing Primary air usually controls the rate of reactions: How fast

Pot Skirts - Basic Theory Dr. Sam Baldwin describes the use of a pot skirt in his book “Biomass

Happy Holidays 2023! That the days are shorter is easy to attest to here at Blue Mountain. Our campus

Iterative Development of Stoves and Black Box Theory “The concept of black boxes has been around

Updating a 9-year-old "Clean Combustion" YouTube Video The great and upsetting thing about

Aprovecho Announced as a Winner of the Wood Heater Design Challenge The US Department of Energy (DOE)

Biochar Goals A few years ago, on another series of hot summer days, Aprovecho hosted a seminar on

HR6316 - Clean Cooking Support Act Following the COP26 international climate conference, Senator

A Short History of Cookstove Durability Tin can stove by Katska on Flickr The Problem with Metal

Predictive Testing of Cars and Wood Stoves Testing a car on a dynamometer Written decades ago, the

Reaching 50% Thermal Efficiency Adjustable pot skirt, ssmstoves.com For good thermal efficiency, be

Combustion Chamber Heat Loss Illustration from Biomass Stoves: Engineering Design, Development, and

Emission Testing: Tuning a Stove Like a Race Car Yesterday, two fine fellows who manufacture stoves

Metering! Watching a Rocket stove or a pellet stove (as above), it becomes obvious that metering the

Clean Combustion Needs More Than Just Heat Dr. Larry Winiarski wrote the ten rocket design principles

Electricity: Planning for Net Zero by 2040 www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/04/electricity-generation-

African Mud Stoves with Chimneys Damon Ogle was the Technical Director here at ARC Damon Ogle and the

Earth Day 2023: The Future Can Be Fun! If renewable switch grass, for example, was burned cleanly

Clean Burning Also Necessary for Biomass Home Heating Since 1976, ARC has been investigating how to

Biomass Pellets in the USA: Fuel Switching Total Pellet Plants: 107 Metric tons/year: 11188200