Introduction to Gold Standard/Carbon Credits
Dean Still, Nordica MacCarty, Aprovechoi Research Center, July 23, 2008
Gold Standard

There has been a lot of interest recently in carbon credit financing for improved stove projects. Since 2006, stove organizations have begun to receive funding from carbon credits. The Gold Standard has just published a set of protocols formalizing how stove projects can prove the lowering of emissions. Large financial institutions, like Climate Care/JP Morgan, are now participating in the relatively new market.

Assessing Cook Stove Performance: Field and Lab Studies of Three Rocket Stoves Comparing the Open Fire and Traditional Stoves in Tamil Nadu, India on Measures of Time to Cook, Fuel Use, Total Emissions, and Indoor Air Pollution
Nordica MacCarty, Dean Still, Damon Ogle, Thomas Drouin, Aprovechoi Research Center, January 2008

Testing Results of the Ecocinai Cooking Stove from El Salvador
Nordica MacCarty, Aprovechoi Research Center, March 5, 2008
Nancy Hughes, Stove Teami International, April 5, 2008
La Disminuicion de las Emanaciones de Humo

Laboratory Comparison of the Global-Warming Potential of Six Categories of Biomass Cooking Stoves

Summary of Stove Campi 2007
Dean Still, Nordica MacCarty, Aprovechoi Research Center
Tom Miles and Paul Anderson Amaze Folks at Stoves Camp

Gasifying Rocket Stove
Dean Still, Nordica MacCarty, Aprovechoi Research Center, July 12, 2007
THINGi

Laboratory Testing of Rocket Stoves of Various Capacities As Compared to the Three Stone Fire
Dean Still, Nordica MacCarty, Aprovechoi Research Center, April 2007

In an effort to understand the relationship between stove capacity and fuel use and emissions the performance of three sizes of rocket stoves were compared.

The stoves were tested with the 2003 UCB revised Water Boiling Test. Pots that were integral to the stoves were used without a lid. Kiln dried Douglas fir at approximately 10% moisture content was burned in all tests. Only one test was performed on the household stoves. Therefore, results are not statistically valid but should be useful for general comparison. The [attached] graphs show results from three Rocket type stoves as compared to a carefully tended Three Stone Fire.

Summary of Aprovecho’s Summer Stove Campi, 2006
By Dean Still and Nordica MacCarty, September 6, 2006

Relationship between High and Low Power Carbon Monoxide and Particulate Matter Emissions in Rocket Stoves (pdf)
Dean Still and Nordica MacCarty, Aprovechoi Research Center, July 13th, 2006

Comparing the Charcoal Burning Rocket and Jiko Stoves (pdf)
Dean Still and Nordica MacCarty, Aprovechoi Research Center, June 22nd, 2006

The charcoal Rocket Stove was compared to the Jiko-type charcoal stove sent from Ghana. 600 grams of Kingsford charcoal was placed in the stoves under the Aprovechoi emissions hood. One test was performed on each stove for preliminary studies. The stoves are compared in the following graph for carbon monoxide emissions during a cooking task (to boil 5L of water and simmer 30 minutes).