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<blockquote data-quote="sjt01" data-source="post: 6650336" data-attributes="member: 30726"><p>1986 moved to the Tobacco Industry Energy Efficiency project in Lilongwe at the Tobacco Research Authority. Our project was to reduce fuelwood consumption by the flue cured tobacco industry, which started at 22 m3 fuelwood per tonne of tobacco, so was devastating the indigenous forests.</p><p>Tobacco is hung from 4 or more layers of poles in a barn</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]845113[/ATTACH]</p><p>and fuelwood burnt in a furnace, generally badly managed</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]845114[/ATTACH]</p><p>The flue gases are ducted around the floor of the barn so the heat cures and dries the tobacco above.[ATTACH=full]845115[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]845116[/ATTACH]</p><p>My late colleague designed an improved furnace (slot furnace) which kept the fire in the centre and stopped cold air going round the outside of the burning wood. It used old railway line to form the slot, and worked brilliantly, hot fire, self stoking.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]845118[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sjt01, post: 6650336, member: 30726"] 1986 moved to the Tobacco Industry Energy Efficiency project in Lilongwe at the Tobacco Research Authority. Our project was to reduce fuelwood consumption by the flue cured tobacco industry, which started at 22 m3 fuelwood per tonne of tobacco, so was devastating the indigenous forests. Tobacco is hung from 4 or more layers of poles in a barn [ATTACH type="full" alt="845113"]845113[/ATTACH] and fuelwood burnt in a furnace, generally badly managed [ATTACH type="full" alt="845114"]845114[/ATTACH] The flue gases are ducted around the floor of the barn so the heat cures and dries the tobacco above.[ATTACH type="full" alt="845115"]845115[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="845116"]845116[/ATTACH] My late colleague designed an improved furnace (slot furnace) which kept the fire in the centre and stopped cold air going round the outside of the burning wood. It used old railway line to form the slot, and worked brilliantly, hot fire, self stoking. [ATTACH type="full" alt="845118"]845118[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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