Notes about Haiti and TLUD Cookstoves

April 2012Presentation to the Univ of Illinois RSO

for Clean Stoves for Haiti24 April 2012

Paul S. Anderson“Dr TLUD”

psanders@ilstu.edu

Cultural Settings in Haiti

Street Scenes in Port au Prince

Tap Tap Transportation

Views into a Market in Port

au Prince

Toilet Project from Finland(Not is use; no place to compost the humanure.)

Friends

House in Cap Haitien(where I stayed.)

Kara Grant and Wilson H’Odiore who can assist in Haiti.

Photo is at the Matthew 25 Guesthouse.

Traditional Cooking

Charcoal Stoves (one of several types)

Three-Stone Fires

A Selection of Pots

Skilled Tinsmith and His Stovesin Cap Haitien, Haiti

Fuels

Woody trimmings from the street.Find fuels where you can.

Still not dry a full week after cutting.

Crushed Cane Bagasse

Burns well in TChar and other TLUD gasifier stoves, but has short duration because of low density.

Preparing bundles of

crushed cane bagasse

“Easy Biopress” operated by Ron Gorley of EWBGCP

One Model of Briquette Mold that produces segmented fuels appropriate

for TLUD gasifer stoves

TChar Stoves in Operation

TChar TLUD on a New

Charcoal Stove

TChar Unit with Tall fuel chamber

3-Stone TChar Unit

Fried Plantains

TLUD Stove Fabrication

Tools for TChar Stove Fabrication

(Some are not essential.)

Center Punch & 30o Notcher

Nut-driver for sheet metal screws and

chisel to make slots

Facilities of Joel

Ducasse in Arcahiae

for making stoves

Barrel-size Biochar Production (TChar-style)with

crushed cane

bagasse as fuel. April 2012Limonade,

Haiti,

Discussion and Links/Contacts

• Website: www.drtlud.com • Email of Dr TLUD: psanders@ilstu.edu