Home ›

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.

Holey Briquette

  • Fuel Briquette Burning at Stoves Camp 2008

    Fuel Briquette Burning at Stoves Camp 2008
    Rok Oblak, August 31, 2008
    Briquette Burning StoveBriquette Burning Stove


    Stove DiagramStove Diagram

    This prototype was to check the hole of the briquette and how gasification can do a nice job. As said, starting the fire with few small sticks and then after preheating the chamber, briquettes ignite by themselves and burn throughly. You can help flames with having a stick in the hole while burning. I really liked how the briquette retained its shape after it burned out, so you could still push the next one it without preventing the draft..

    But the briquette burned with the surface lit from the combustion chamber, as Larry predicted. You could literally walk away of the stove with the consistent flame going on all the time (I guess the briquettes were good quality :) The air inflow was only through the hole of the briquette.

    Funny was, that even when one briquette burned out, the next one ignited and the airflow continued through the hole of the first briquette.

    (Click image to enlarge in Gallery)

    Oblak1.jpg
    Oblak2.jpg
    Oblak3.jpg
    Oblak4.jpg
    Oblak5.jpg
    Oblak6.jpg

Kerosene

  • Servals Hybrid Pressure Stove

    Servals Hybrid Pressure Stove
    and Venus Energy Efficient Stoves
    Rajan Philip, Servals Automation Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India, July 2008 (Rev August 21, 2008)
    Hybrid StoveServals Hybrid Stove
    Servals Hybrid Stove 2Servals Hybrid Stove

    Please visit www.servalsgroup.blogspot.com for more details.

    P. Mukundan (098403 56578)
    Managing Director
    Servals Automation Pvt. Ltd.,
    5/1 Balaji Nagar, 1st Street,
    Eekatuthangal, Chennai - 600 032.
    Tamil Nadu, India
    Ph: 044 - 64577181 / 182
    Fax: 044 - 45540339
    Email: servalsmds@gmail.com / saplmds@gmail.com
    Please visit www.servalsgroup.blogspot.com for more details.

    Posted July 26, 2008
    "Probably you could try the Hybrid Pressure Stove developed by Servals Automation at Chennai, India. This stove uses 30 % vegetable oil and 70 % kerosene - kept in separate tanks. The stove is designed to use Straight Vegetable Oil ( ie. no processing involved ). The stove was developed under my guidance. Rajan Philip rajan_jiby@dataone.in

    Organisation Profile :

    Servals Automation Pvt. Ltd. is a part of Servals Group of four decades experience.

    Servals Specialize in manufacturing socially relevant products motivated by Rural Innovation Network –a NGO specializing in incubating and networking rural innovators. http://www.rinovations.org/Innovations

    Servals manufacture RAIN GUN –a mega sprinkler used for water management in irrigation and dust abatement and Energy Efficient Kerosene Stove\ Burners.

    Servals are assisted by AAVISHKAAR INDIA Micro –Venture Capital fund have their Manufacturing base at Chennai India .

    Venus Energy Efficient Stoves manufactured by SERVALS won an International Award in a competition held by Paraffin Safety Association in South Africa .

    Venus Burners because of their special features are now used by many Original Equipment manufacturers in India .

    http://www.tntdpc.com/Tsmes/servals.php

Moisture Content

Oil

  • Servals Hybrid Pressure Stove

    Servals Hybrid Pressure Stove
    and Venus Energy Efficient Stoves
    Rajan Philip, Servals Automation Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India, July 2008 (Rev August 21, 2008)
    Hybrid StoveServals Hybrid Stove
    Servals Hybrid Stove 2Servals Hybrid Stove

    Please visit www.servalsgroup.blogspot.com for more details.

    P. Mukundan (098403 56578)
    Managing Director
    Servals Automation Pvt. Ltd.,
    5/1 Balaji Nagar, 1st Street,
    Eekatuthangal, Chennai - 600 032.
    Tamil Nadu, India
    Ph: 044 - 64577181 / 182
    Fax: 044 - 45540339
    Email: servalsmds@gmail.com / saplmds@gmail.com
    Please visit www.servalsgroup.blogspot.com for more details.

    Posted July 26, 2008
    "Probably you could try the Hybrid Pressure Stove developed by Servals Automation at Chennai, India. This stove uses 30 % vegetable oil and 70 % kerosene - kept in separate tanks. The stove is designed to use Straight Vegetable Oil ( ie. no processing involved ). The stove was developed under my guidance. Rajan Philip rajan_jiby@dataone.in

    Organisation Profile :

    Servals Automation Pvt. Ltd. is a part of Servals Group of four decades experience.

    Servals Specialize in manufacturing socially relevant products motivated by Rural Innovation Network –a NGO specializing in incubating and networking rural innovators. http://www.rinovations.org/Innovations

    Servals manufacture RAIN GUN –a mega sprinkler used for water management in irrigation and dust abatement and Energy Efficient Kerosene Stove\ Burners.

    Servals are assisted by AAVISHKAAR INDIA Micro –Venture Capital fund have their Manufacturing base at Chennai India .

    Venus Energy Efficient Stoves manufactured by SERVALS won an International Award in a competition held by Paraffin Safety Association in South Africa .

    Venus Burners because of their special features are now used by many Original Equipment manufacturers in India .

    http://www.tntdpc.com/Tsmes/servals.php

Vegetable Oil

  • Servals Hybrid Pressure Stove

    Servals Hybrid Pressure Stove
    and Venus Energy Efficient Stoves
    Rajan Philip, Servals Automation Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India, July 2008 (Rev August 21, 2008)
    Hybrid StoveServals Hybrid Stove
    Servals Hybrid Stove 2Servals Hybrid Stove

    Please visit www.servalsgroup.blogspot.com for more details.

    P. Mukundan (098403 56578)
    Managing Director
    Servals Automation Pvt. Ltd.,
    5/1 Balaji Nagar, 1st Street,
    Eekatuthangal, Chennai - 600 032.
    Tamil Nadu, India
    Ph: 044 - 64577181 / 182
    Fax: 044 - 45540339
    Email: servalsmds@gmail.com / saplmds@gmail.com
    Please visit www.servalsgroup.blogspot.com for more details.

    Posted July 26, 2008
    "Probably you could try the Hybrid Pressure Stove developed by Servals Automation at Chennai, India. This stove uses 30 % vegetable oil and 70 % kerosene - kept in separate tanks. The stove is designed to use Straight Vegetable Oil ( ie. no processing involved ). The stove was developed under my guidance. Rajan Philip rajan_jiby@dataone.in

    Organisation Profile :

    Servals Automation Pvt. Ltd. is a part of Servals Group of four decades experience.

    Servals Specialize in manufacturing socially relevant products motivated by Rural Innovation Network –a NGO specializing in incubating and networking rural innovators. http://www.rinovations.org/Innovations

    Servals manufacture RAIN GUN –a mega sprinkler used for water management in irrigation and dust abatement and Energy Efficient Kerosene Stove\ Burners.

    Servals are assisted by AAVISHKAAR INDIA Micro –Venture Capital fund have their Manufacturing base at Chennai India .

    Venus Energy Efficient Stoves manufactured by SERVALS won an International Award in a competition held by Paraffin Safety Association in South Africa .

    Venus Burners because of their special features are now used by many Original Equipment manufacturers in India .

    http://www.tntdpc.com/Tsmes/servals.php

Wood

  • The forgotten ‘victim’ of the northern Uganda war

    The forgotten ‘victim’ of the northern Uganda war
    Gladys Oroma, Daily Monitor Only, Uganda June 4, 2008, http://www.monitor.co.ug

    In times of war, what concerns people most are the effects of the insurgency on the people, not its effects on the environment among others things.

    The war however, in northern Uganda has had severe effects on the environment, says a new report. Due to the conflict, there has been a change in the land cover over the last 18 years. The remote sensing analysis report shows that small-scale woodland covers have increased in the area in the past years.

    According to the 2005 report, the woodland vegetation cover increase occurred in the districts of Kitgum, Gulu, Pader, Adjumani and Moyo while a significant decline in the woodland cover was registered in the districts of Apac, Kotido, Lira and Moroto.

  • Charcoal Producing Microgasifier

    Charcoal Producing Microgasifier
    Robert Flanagan, SAFFE, China, July 2007

    This is a simple way to convert fibrous material with moisture of less than 25% to clean energy and charcoal or Carbon Negative Energy!!!

Biomass

  • MJA Biomass Gas Stove

    MJA Biomass Gas Stove
    Alexis Belonio, July 23, 2008
    MJA Biomass Gas StoveMJA Biomass Gas Stove Burning Coal

    Alexis Belonio writes (edited and annotated by Paul Anderson and Tom Miles):

    Attached is a picture of my latest coal gasifier stove. This
    is the same basic TLUD stove I have for wood charcoal and wood chunks.

    For domestic use, I use carbonized coal (or coke) as fuel instead
    of the raw coal. Coal can be used for the stove, but we don't want to promote
    this as a fuel since it emits poisonous gas. I would prefer to use coal for
    industry application where gas can be cleaned before it is released to the
    atmosphere.

    I provide only a small amount of coal fuel in the gasifier stove, enough
    for cooking. This mean that the power output is only small and the
    metal I use is a stainless steel.

    I ignite the carbonized coal by using a wood charcoal that has been soaked in
    kerosene as igniter. [This is a TLUD stove, so ignition is at the top.]

    [In the Belonio TLUDs, the fan only blows the primary air. The
    secondary air is
    pre-heated as it rises naturally between the fuel cylinder and the outer
    cylinder, finally exiting into the rising flow of combustible gases.]
    The smoke in the coal gasifier I have was eliminated [combusted] by mixing
    preheated air with the gas generated from the reactor. I think
    there is no need of [forced] mixing the secondary air by creating turbulence
    with the combustible gases. Because in that case, you will need a
    slightly bigger fan with enough pressure to push the air.
    MJ Biomass Gas StoveMJ Biomass Gas Stove

    Alexis Belonio
    atbelonio@yahoo.com

Charcoal

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.