Cooking Stove News by Country

Africa

• Why Invest in a Cookswell Energy Saving Oven?

  Save Money, Save Energy, Eat Well!

  Since the introduction of our line of Cookswell Energy Efficient Charcoal Ovens in 1992, thousands of ovens have been sold regionally and countrywide, to all manner of people for all manner of uses.

• Turbo Stove, Finland

  Tapio Niemi's Turbo Stove
  Updated December 8, 2006

  
  Turbo Stove
• CERAMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR DOMESTIC STOVES 
  Crispin Pemberton‐Pigott October, 2008 Sustainable Energy Technology and Research Centre University of Johannesbrg  Programme for Basic Energy Conservation GTZ/ProBEC a SADC Regional Project  See the attached pdf: CERAMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR DOMESTIC STOVES  Also take a look at Crispin's very good ceramic stove image galleries. It is intended that this brief report describe in an accessible manner the results of some basic research into the performance of ceramic materials suitable for use to make modern, low‐cost improved charcoal stoves. The  theatre of investigation is the area around Maputo, Moçambique.   The information and ideas are assembled from a large number of tests and reports. If studied carefully an understanding can be gained of the  principle ingredients found in typical clays. It is hoped enough can also  be learned about what the tests show so as to interest the ‘stover’ in a  deeper study of this vast subject.   Some reasons why clay stoves and stove components typically have such a  short life are described and to a certain extent, what can be done about  it.    There is a great deal of material available on how to find, identify and  process clays such as pottery books and the internet. It is not repeated  here.  Unfortunately very little of the material available is geared to  the design of low cost ceramics stoves which have problems not encountered  in many industrial applications with far higher temperatures.   Ceramics are complex mixtures of many minerals so it is not possible to  give comprehensive explanations in such a brief text, however the novice  reader should learn enough to be able to deal with a laboratory and  understand some common terminology and the test results.  There have been  many technological advances in recent years making accessible tests and  analyses that were previously unaffordable to the ordinary potter.
• Field testing the POCA/Maputo Ceramic Stove (MCS) and traditional metal stoves (TMS)

  The results of field testing the POCA/Maputo Ceramic Stove (MCS) and traditional metal stoves (TMS) using an uncontrolled cooking test (UCT) are attached. In a UCT people cook whatever they want and we watch carefully. The results have fuel-moisture compensated values. The charcoal was almost always hardwood lumps.

• GIZ HERA new publications

  Christa Roth, February, 2011

  Dear all, find below the links to new publications by GIZ HERA poverty-oriented basic energy services, among them the manual on Micro-gasification: Cooking with gas from biomass. For queries please refer to the respective authors or Michael Blunck from HERA.

  the HERA web site

  Micro-gasification: Cooking with gas from biomass
  http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf
  Micro-gasifiers: much more than „just another improved cook stove”. In this new HERA handbook, Christa Roth provides an introduction to the concept and the application of wood-gas burning technologies for cooking.

  Modern Energy Services for Modern Agriculture. A Review for Smallholder Farming in Developing Countries.
  http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-energy-services-for-modern-agr...
  This publication provides an overview on energy inputs required in different steps of the agricultural production chain, such as production, post-harvest and storage, processing, and commercialization.

  Small-scale Electricity Generation from Biomass – Part III: Vegetable Oil
  http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-small-scale-electricity-genera...
  In the third and final part of HERA’s paper series on power generation from biomass, GIZ and non-GIZ experience with electricity production from vegetable oils is compiled. While from a technology point-of-view, plant oils constitute a very viable option for off-grid power generation in developing countries, their sustainable application in daily operation for rural electrification projects still remains rare. The paper identifies remaining bottlenecks and provides recommendations for future electrification projects based on plant oil.

  Carbon Markets for Improved Cooking Stoves – Revised Edition: January 2011
  http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-carbon-markets-for-improved-st...
  After receiving a lot of positive feedback for the 2010 edition of the carbon market guidebook for cooking stove projects, HERA has come up with a major revision for 2011. Besides a large number of minor corrections and updates, a new chapter on “Implementing a Carbon-funded Cooking Stove Project” with information on how to practically design a carbon-funded stove project has been added. The chapter includes information on stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities, the CDM-PoA approach, recommendations on the use of carbon revenues as well as an overview on expected costs and revenues from a stove project on the carbon market.

• ASEAN-US Next Generation Stove Workshop

  A couple of the presentations from the ASEAN-US NEXT-GENERATION COOK STOVE WORKSHOP, November 19, 2009.

  One is a great study by Dr. Modi of Columbia University of several stoves in Tanzania, and the other is some useful info from Tami Bond. Kirk also gave a very useful presentation, but unfortunately it was not included in the proceedings.

• Charcoal lighting with a Zambian draft tube

  Crispin Pemberton-Pigott & Christa Roth, December, 2009

  
  Chinese Draft Enhancer

  Dear Friends

  Working on advice brought by Cecil Cook from Lusaka, Peter Coughlin in
  Maputo has tried using a short vertical tube (about 400mm) held over the
  lighting charcoal to accelerate ignition. This tool is widely used in
  Lusaka. It is typically 50mm in diameter and can be made from an piece of
  scrap pipe or rolled metal sheet.

  Peter reports that people using it have reported faster lighting and a
  reduction in emissions during ignition (which is the smoky part of a
  charcoal fire).

  I tried a similar though larger tube over coal in a bucket and achieved a
  dramatic reduction in particulate emissions - certainly more than 90%.

  Regards
  Crispin

  This principle is not only limited to Zambia, it is pretty widely applied by other charcoal users in the region.
  Though the most perfect 'chimney' I have got is from China: It came as a standard accessory packed in the carton of the Chinese coal-briquette stove marketed in South Africa under the name of 'Lotti stove'. I think the stove is manfuactured by Shengzhou. So it could be standard chinese practice. The conical shape with the two little air-holes on both sides shortly below the top works much better than a straight tube. We used one at stove camp this year on a two-can TLUD instead of the upper straight can and draft increased considerably. Foto attached, but not sure if it makes it on the list. regards, christa

• Energy for Sao Tome

  http://stpenergy.blogspot.com/
  

  Teaching Renewable Energies and Sustainability in the School of Diogo Vaz (São Tomé, Africa)

  This work aims to show how sustainability and renewable energies could benefit a rural area of Africa (in São Tomé) by means of using solar energy and biogas. Applying these technologies requires ingeniousness and little founding, the favourable outcomes are becoming less dependent of fossil fuels (wood, coal and gasoline) while saving time and, more importantly, the forest. We have taught how to design, build and operate systems for cooking, lighting and water-heating that use renewable sources of energy.

• Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil Retained Heat Stove and Efficient Cookers

  Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil Retained Heat Stove and Efficient Cookers Rozenn Paris, Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil, February 2009

  Le cuiseur à bois économe

  In attached French documents you will find the information relative to the cookers: the retained cooker and the efficient stove we use in Chile and Africa. Bolivia Intl Sud-Soleil

• Fish Smoker References

  Fish Smoker References
  Andrew Parker, May 10, 2007

  Chorkor oven being used for bonga at Bonfi (Conakry, Guinea)

• PCIA Bulletin 14: PCIA Partners in Africa

  PCIA Bulletin 14: PCIA Partners in Africa
  Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, January 7,2008

  Dear Partners,

  We have published the 14th issue of the PCIA Bulletin!

• Manual Clay Ring Forming Machine

  Manual clay ring forming machine for making the combustion chamber of a small single-pot Rocket Stove.
  New Dawn Engineering
  Crispin Pemberton-Pigott June 2 2006

  
• Solar Cooking Videos

  Solar Cooking Videos
  YouTube July 2007

  3-D Cooking:Rocket Stoves, Hay Boxes and Solar Cookers The Solution Rises Every Morning Rwanda, Cally Alles, Wilfred & Marie Pimental, Rotary International, Solar Cooker Rwanda Association 80percentangle.com

• Documentary Preview: (Char) Coal Pushers

  Documentary Preview by the Film-Maker BRUNO TORÉ posted to YouTube.

  Beautiful imagery and spare dialogue nicely illustrate the day-to-day reality of an African charcoal seller.

• COMPETENCE PLATFORM ON ENERGY CROPS AND AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS IN AFRICA (COMPETE)–OBJECTIVES AND RESULTS

  COMPETENCE PLATFORM ON ENERGY CROPS AND AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS IN AFRICA (COMPETE)–OBJECTIVES

• Fuel from the Savanna: the Social and Environmental Implications of the Charcoal Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Fuel from the Savanna: the Social and Environmental Implications of the Charcoal Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Annex III - (b) Measuring fuelwood and charcoal

  Annex III - (b) Measuring fuelwood and charcoal
  Keith Openshaw, FAO

  1. Fuelwood

  1.1 Average bundle size

• Charcoal Production and Use in Africa: What Future?

  Charcoal Production and Use in Africa: What Future?

• Wood or Charcoal, which is better?

  Wood or charcoal - which is better?
  J.D. Keita is Regional Forestry Officer at the FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana.
  FAO (Unasylva 157-158)

• Effects of Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution from Biomass Combustion on Acute Respiratory Infections in Developing Countries

  Quantifying the Effects of Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution from Biomass Combustion on Acute Respiratory Infections in Developing Countries