Talk:Pellet stove

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[edit] Large Edit Overhaul

I welcome any comments on my additions to the more specific pellet stove page. The blank redirect page is gone, finally.

TheCrippledWerewolf 26 November 2006

[edit] Low-cost variation?

If there is a low-cost variation on this idea, it might qualify as Appropriate technology. E.g. it could be used for animal dung, which when burnt indoors in Africa causes a lot of health problems.

If there is such a thing and anyone has info on this, it should be added, with a link from that page (Appropriate technology), and the appropriate category added. I'm happy to help - let me know on my talk page --Singkong2005 01:50, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

There are devices that can be used to create briquettes from grass/dung/sawdust: http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=5788&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=671&iSubCat=886&iProductID=5788 There are also small gasifier stoves for cooking/heating, and small can stoves that run on sawdust. But none of these really take advantage of the automatic feeding that is possible with pellets. Creating pellets on a household scale seems to be somewhat difficult. And, honestly, developing countries are already ahead of the curve in creating and adopting many of these technologies anyways. --Benjamindees 19:18, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks - I'll look into it. --Singkong2005 04:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)