Biomass Cooking Fuels

Fuel Properties

• Annex III - (b) Measuring fuelwood and charcoal

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

  1. Fuelwood

  1.1 Average bundle size

• Dry Fuel Equivalent Calculator

  Dry Fuel Equivalent Calculator
  Crispin and Nigel Pemberton-Pigott, October 2007

• 5.1 The Use of Tree Legumes for Fuelwood Production (FAO)

  5.1 The Use of Tree Legumes for Fuelwood Production (FAO)
  PA Ryan, FAO

  Fuelwood is the cheapest fuel available per unit of heat in most developing countries. The annual use of fuelwood has been estimated at 1,200 million cubic metres worldwide (Arnold and Jongma 1978). Fuelwood can be harvested on demand and is easily stored and dried. It can be produced from most tree species and from a wide range of silvicultural systems. However, if fuelwood production is a primary management aim of tree planting, a variety of factors needs to be considered to optimise both the quantity and value of fuelwood produced. For example, a species with high volume production is of little fuelwood value if the wood is very light or if the burning wood produces toxic smoke.

• Properties of Firewood, Victoria, Australia

  Properties of firewood

• Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Woods in the US

  Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Woods in the US
  Regis B. Miller, US Forest Service,
  From Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood handbook—Wood as an engineering material.

• Guatemalan Conifers

  Guatemalan Conifers
  Thomas T. Veblen, Facultad de Ingenieria Forestal, Universidad Austral de Chile, FAO, Unasylva

• Physical Properties of Common Woods

  Physical Properties of Common Woods

• Firewood Crops: Shrub and Tree Species for Energy Production

  Firewood Crops: Shrub and Tree Species for Energy Production
  US National research Council, Washington D.C. for US Agency for International Develoment, 1980 PB81-150716 (NTIS)

• Understanding Wood Wastes as Fuel (VITA)

  Understanding Wood Wastes as Fuel TECHNICAL PAPER #46
  Jon Vogler, VITA, Volunteers in Technical Assistance, Arlington, Virginia 22209 USA 1986

• Proximate and Ultimate Analysis

  Proximate and Ultimate Analysis of Fuel
  Biomass Energy Foundation