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STOVES
A Stove is a self-contained appliance that
may be used for heating or cooking or both.
Stoves differ from open fires in that they
are easier to control, more efficient and
may create less pollution.
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MASONRY
HEATERS
Masonry heaters were developed to control air
flow in stoves. A masonry heater is designed
to allow complete combustion by burning fuels
at full-temperature with no restriction of air
inflow.
Due to its large thermal mass the captured heat
is radiated over long periods of time without
the need of constant firing, and the surface
temperature is generally not dangerous to touch.
WIKIPEDIA
THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoves
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COOKER
COOKSTOVE
A cooker (or cookstove) is an appliance,
device or apparatus designed solely for
the purpose of cooking food. Cookers rely
on the application of direct heat for the
cooking process and may also contain an
oven, used for indirect heating (baking).
Cookers (and the term) have evolved over
time.
WIKIPEDIA
THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooker
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KENYA
CERAMIC
JIKO
KCJ
The Kenya Ceramic Jiko (KCJ) has been the
most widely accepted to date, having become
a standard item in most homes in Kenya and
neighboring countries in East Africa.
Charcoal is the standard cooking fuel in East
Africa. Traditionally it was burned in a metal
stove or “Jiko” as stoves are called in the
Swahili language.
The KCJ is simply the traditional Jiko mated
to a ceramic liner, producing a stove that is
at least one fourth (and up to 50%) more
efficient than traditional all-metal alternatives,
costing only $2 to $5.
It has a distinctive shape, differing from the
traditional cylindrical jiko, with the top and
bottom the same diameter, tapering at about 30
degrees to a waist.
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LORENA
ADOBE
STOVE
The Lorena adobe stove was designed as a
simple-to-build cook stove for use in
Central America, one that could be
manufactured locally of local materials.
It became very popular in Central America,
with anecdotal evidence suggesting that it
is the most popular improved cooking stove
in the region.
The Lorena stove is an enclosed stove of
rammed earth construction, with a chimney
built onto it.
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IMPROVED
LORENA
JUSTA
STOVE
The Improved Lorena or Justa stove has
a sealed metal cooking surface that sits
above a stove made of bricks, and a
chimney that carries the smoke outside.
The Improved Lorena stove is a simple
biomass stove built around an insulated,
elbow-shaped combustion chamber which
provides more intense heat and cleaner
combustion than an open fire, meaning
that it consumes less fuel then a 3 rock
stove, removing smoke from the house.
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FUEL
CONSERVATION
Standard approaches
to conserving
cooking fuel;
There are three places
in the cooking process
where fuel can be
conserved;
the fuel,
the stove,
the cooking pot.
The greatest gains come not from the stove
itself, but from how the heat the stove
produces is used; paying attention to the
pot rather than the stove results in the
greatest fuel savings.
In fact, fuel efficiency in a stove is
usually much more affected by heat transfer
to the pot than it is by improving combustion
efficiency.
The first way to reduce the amount of fuel a
family consumes is simply to use a cooking lid
while cooking, which by itself reduces fuel
consumption by 40%.
This simple change will normally save more fuel
by itself than switching to an improved stove.
The second strategy is similar to the first;
use a larger cooking pot.
Larger pots are more energy efficient than
smaller ones and wide shallow pots are more
efficient than tall narrow ones.
Last, when cooking for a family, switching from
a stove that has room for only one pot to cook
at a time, to a stove where two or more pots can
cook at once will often raise efficiencies by up
to 40%.
In developing countries, families who rely upon
wood for cooking have three ways of obtaining it.
They can scavenge the areas where they live for
firewood, purchase it from a firewood dealer, or
grow their own.
WIKIPEDIA
THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass_Cook_Stoves
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STOVES
HEATERS
COOKERS
LINKS
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY NEWS
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/
Aprovecho stove research
http://www.aprovecho.org/
Apwagner.com
http://www.apwagner.com/
The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy
http://www.ashdenawards.org/
Asia Regional Cookstove Program (ARECOP)
http://www.arecop.org/
ARTEN GROUP of Companies
http://www.artengroup.com/
BIOENERGY LISTS
http://www.bioenergylists.org/
BIOHABIT
http://www.biohabit.org/
Community of Christ Health Ministries Association
http://www.hmacofchrist.org/OnilStove/OnilStove.htm/
COOL HOUSE PLANS
http://www.coolhouseplans.com/
Cooking Stoves by Country
http://www.crest.org/
COZY CABIN
http://www.cozycabin.net/
Early Chinese stoves
http://www.yutopian.com/cooking/history/
Early Japanese stoves
http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/k/kamado.htm/
Fahrenheit Technologies
http://www.fahrenheittech.com/
Heat Transfer International
http://www.heatxfer.com/
The HEDON Household Energy Network
http://www.hedon.info/
HOME ENERGY
http://www.homeenergy.org/
Improved stoves
http://www.appropedia.org/Improved_stoves/
MOTHER EARTH LIVING
http://www.motherearthliving.com/
MOTHER EARTH NEWS
http://www.motherearthnews.com/
OFF GRID
http://www.off-grid.net/
ONE EARTH DESIGN
http://www.oneearthdesign.com/
PAPERCRETE
http://www.papercrete.com/heat.html/
Pyrolysis and Gasification Factsheet
http://www.juniper.co.uk/
Royal Society of New Zealand
http://www.rsnz.org/
THE SOLAR PLAN
http://www.thesolarplan.com/
TREE HUGGER
http://www.treehugger.com/
A WoodGas Stove
http://www.garlington.biz/Ray/WoodGasStove/
VILLAGE EARTH
http://www.villageearth.org/
Wiseheat.com
http://www.Wiseheat.com/
The Virtual Foundation
http://www.virtualfoundation.org/
What Makes People Cook With Improved Stoves
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/
WOOD HEAT
http://www.woodheat.org/
Wood Stoves
http://www.coolhouseplans.com/articles/wood_stoves.html/
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