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Biomass Cooking Fuels

Often, cooking stoves solutions are limited by the type of fuel that is readily available to the people using it. These pages group, and list information about stoves and fuel processing by the type of fuel used.

Use the fuels menu to narrow the list of stories to the fuels specific to your interest and application.

Biogas

  • 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.

Biomass

  • Magh CM woodgas Good Stove

    Magh CM Woodgas Good Stove http://e-maghcm.blogspot.com/ designed recently is a very low cost TLUD stove meant for Common Man (CM). This can be produced by the local communities with less than 8 dollars (USD). Under Magh CM series I have designed many stoves / burners in the past. This stove design is one of the most acceptable stoves, as it has the options to run on forced air / natural draft. Most importantly the convenient charcoal / ash removal facility is created at the bottom, the grate can be simply lifted using a wire and immediately refilled for reuse. The additional window for secondary air in case of no power, the primary air control and the 12 V DC powered fan makes it like a geared vehicle for multiple options to control the heat / flame / updraft. Used the most commonly available oil tin can of 12 inches x 9 inches x 9 inches with a combustion chamber of 6 inches diameter and 9 inches height for the convenience of adoption for a family of 5 members cooking needs. The tin cans are easily available all over India. Posting here the pictures and the design for your valuable comments for improvement. I am thankful to all for your valuable suggestions in the past. This is the 30th Good Stove design of Avan and Magh series since last 4 years of my research and design. Happy to share that the people who have seen this stove have paid money in advance for having these Stoves. For more pictures and info see http://e-maghcm.blogspot.com/ and http://picasaweb.google.com/saibhaskar.gsbc

    The biomass feed is: Wood shavings, chips of wood, leaves, corn cobs, pieces of sticks, seeds, cowdung cakes etc.
    Weight: ~15 kgs
    Dimensions: 12x9x9 inches
    Price: less than 8 dollars (community price)
     
    GEO http://www.e-geo.org is implementing Good Stoves and Biochar Communities (GSBC) Project in Andhra Pradesh State, India with the support of GoodPlanet, France http://www.goodplanet.org, this is a 3 years project. 
     

     

Oil

Plant Oil

Solar

  • Emergency Solar Cooker

    Here is an emergency solar cooker that is made from a cardboard box, aluminum foil, and some glue. Simple, but effective design in order to cook using solar energy.

Briquette

  • GEO FUEL BRIQUETTES

    GEO fuel briquettes

    is a very low cost technology, and also for making briquettes with very less effort. This is screw based system, requires very less energy and space to operate. Briquettes can be made using human power, convenient for young or old in making briquettes from various types of waste material. Small pieces of waste papers, sawdust, leaves, wood shavings, rice husk, etc. can be used as raw material. Any sticky material available in abundant can also be added if required for producing compact and strong briquettes. The cost of each such device made up of iron is less than $8 (USD) or Rs. 400. Various types of stoves are available for using the briquettes, including some of these AVAN and MAGH series stoves can be used. Magh-1 stove with little adoption can also be used for briquettes as fuel. We can also make and use special stoves for the briquettes as fuel. For more details see: http://e-fuelbriquetts.blogspot.com/

    Also see http://e-lowcostextruder.blogspot.com/ | http://www.e-geo.org | http://www.goodstove.com

Pellet

Stick Wood

  • Hybrid Rocket Stove

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    p>This Rocket Stove that is made from 4 cans and can be made by anyone with metal clippers.

Kerosene

  • BP Arivi Paraffin Stove

    BP Arivi Paraffin Stove
    February 2009
    BP Arivi Paraffin StoveBP Arivi Paraffin Stove
    BP Arivi

    BP has taken a life-cycle approach, starting with the consumer need, through to regulatory and HSE assessment in the case of BP Arivi. BP Arivi is a low-sulphur paraffin fuel for domestic cooking, providing consumers with access to an affordable, high-value fuel, in safe and child-resistant packaging. Different options were considered to determine the most appropriate fuel to meet the needs of consumers and scrutiny of the supply chain was undertaken to identify key risks We are now commercially piloting this solution in the market in South Africa and there will be further iterations around the process. (BP website)

    Other BP Arivi Links

    Designer - Readymade ( www.readymade.co.za ) Arivi Stove

Paraffin

  • BP Arivi Paraffin Stove

    BP Arivi Paraffin Stove
    February 2009
    BP Arivi Paraffin StoveBP Arivi Paraffin Stove
    BP Arivi

    BP has taken a life-cycle approach, starting with the consumer need, through to regulatory and HSE assessment in the case of BP Arivi. BP Arivi is a low-sulphur paraffin fuel for domestic cooking, providing consumers with access to an affordable, high-value fuel, in safe and child-resistant packaging. Different options were considered to determine the most appropriate fuel to meet the needs of consumers and scrutiny of the supply chain was undertaken to identify key risks We are now commercially piloting this solution in the market in South Africa and there will be further iterations around the process. (BP website)

    Other BP Arivi Links

    Designer - Readymade ( www.readymade.co.za ) Arivi Stove

This list is pretty close to alphabetical. Alcohol stoves are in the first couple of pages, and wood stoves are on the last few pages. Use the fuels menu to restrict the list of stories to the particular fuel you are interested in.