Standards and Performance Testing: Field and Laboratory
Cookstoves Testing
Cookstoves Testing for Carbon Credits
ETHOS/APROVECHO TESTS
- Tami Bond Laura Fierce, Outstanding Issues in Testing Protocol Developments (pdf), ETHOS 2010
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- Nordica MacCarty, Aprovecho Research Institute, Regional Testing Centers (pdf), ETHOS 2010
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- Stove Testing Panel ETHOS 2009: Tami Bond (pdf) / Morgan Freeman (pdf) / Penn Taylor (pdf)
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- Comparing Cookstoves, Aprovecho Research Institute, Presented to ETHOS 2006
- Stove Camp Results and Photos, Dean Still, Aprovecho/ETHOS, August 2005
- Emissions Hood Summary (Excel spreadsheet) (Aug 30, 2005)
- Photos of Test Equipment (Sep 1, 2005)
- Cookstove Efficiency Report (pdf), Dale Andreatta, January 2005
- ETHOS Stoves Summer Camp Report 2004, Dean Still ,September 2004
- Emissions Testing Hood, Aprovecho, Dean Still, February 2004
- Summary and Results (pdf) from the Seminar, Dean Still (June 18, 2003)
- ETHOS Stove Design and Testing Seminar June 2-6, 2003, Aprovecho Research Center, Oregon
- Stoves Tests: (Cookstove.net) Piet Visser March 2003
- ARECOP/RWEDP Improved Solid Biomass Burning Cookstoves: A Development Manual RWEDP
Field Test Reports
Solar Cooker Test Standards
- ASAE S580 JAN2003 (R2008) Testing and Reporting Solar Cooker PerformanceAmerican Association of biological and Agricultural Engineers (ASABE)
- ANSI/ASAE S423 DEC1991 (R2007) Approved February 1993; reaffirmed January 2007 as an American National Standard Thermal Performance Testing of Solar Ambient Air Heaters
- PROPOSAL FOR NEW WORLD STANDARD FOR TESTING SOLAR COOKERS. 2007. Dr Ashok Kundapur, International Alternate Energy Trust, Kalashree, Udupi- 576 102, India, Email : arkundapur@yahoo.com
- Draft Test Procedure SOLAR COOKER – PARABOLOID CONCENTRATOR TYPE August 2006. Centre of Energy Studies,Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi,
Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110 016, Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, Block 14, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110 003
Developed Country Heating Appliance Standards and Testing
Standards Organizations
- ASTM International, Standards Worldwide
- Standards Australia Committee CS-062 Solid Fuel Burning Appliances
- CEN European Committee for Standardization
- CSA Canadian Standards Association
- ISO International Standardization Organization
Testing Laboratories
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Residential/Commmercial Combustion, Canmet Energy Technology Laboratory (Canada)
- SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute SP Energy Technology
- US EPA Wood Stoves Accredited Laboratories
- Aprovecho Research Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon>
- Bond Research Group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois,Tami Bond - Emissions Testing
- Bond Research Group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois,Tami Bond - Emissions Testing
- Advanced Stoves Laboratory, Colorado State University, Global Innovation Center for Energy, Environment & Health,Fort Collins, Colorado