This site exists to help people develop better stoves for cooking with biomass fuels in developing regions.
A discussion of this issue is occurring on the Stoves Mailing List. Link to Archive
List Moderators are Ron Larson (ronallarson@qwest.net) and
Elsen L. Karstad (elk@wananchi.com www.chardust.com)
If you have relevant information or pictures please send it to CREST, so we can post it through this site and share it with other interested folks.
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- Aprovecho Research Center Cook Stove Designs, Jan 2003
- Simple Plans for the Sunken Pot Aprovecho Stove (pdf 750 kb)
- Simple Plans for the Aprovecho Double Burner Rocket Stove (pdf 400 kb)
- Venter Forestry Services, Dec 2002
- Impact of Air Pollution on Child Respiratory Health, Barnes (pdf 153k)
- Fuelwood Use in South Africa: Where to in the 21st century, Williams and Schackleton (pdf 512k)
- GTZ Household Energy Project Examples of Stoves Used in GTZ Projects Nov 2002
- ARTI Charcoal and Briquettes, Nov 2002
- World Health Report on Environmental Risks October 2002
- Update on Eritrea and Ethiopia, October 2002 Robert Van Buskirk
- Stephen Gitonga The Energy Ladder October 2002
- José Fernando Martirena Hernández Solid Fuel Block from Waste Biomass in Cuba October 2002 (pdf 900k)
- Emma George A Comparison of Wood Burning Cookstoves for Uganda, August 2002 (pdf 400 k)
- Damon Ogle Rocket Stoves - Controlling Draft, August 17, 2002
- Damon Ogle Rocket Stoves In Search of Higher Temperatures, July 2002
- Kirk Smith Short Primer on Stove Efficiency, May 4, 2002
- Roger Sampson Mayon Turbo Stove for Rice Husks, Update April 2002
- Dean Still, ETHOS Website, Engineers in Technical, Humanitarian Opportunities of Service, April 2002
- Evans Kituyi Bioenergy Africa, February 2, 2002
International Conference on Biomass-based Fuels and Cooking Systems, (BFCS-2000): A Report, Dr. Priya Karve
A few images from the conference.
Contributions from some of the Stoves mailing list's participants
Most were submitted as an aid to discussions which occur on the list.
- Large Juntos Stove (Nov 2002)
- Juntos Stove Testing (Feb 21, 2002)
- Juntos Stove, Modified Rocket Stove (Jan 31, 2002)
- PROLEÑA's Ecostove (May 2002)
- Prolena.htm
- Mali Stove and Swazi Stove in Polekwane, Limpopo Tests (December 2002)
- Basintuthu Stove Tests, New Dawn Engineering (September 2002)
- Two Days at the Appropriate Rural Technology Institute Field Research Station in Phaltan, India Working with Hemant Mahajan (ARTI Engineer, with the white cap) to demonstrate charcoal production using Top-Down pyrolysis and off-gas combustion. ( Nov 28-29, 2000) Alex English english@kingston.net
- The Bigtop Pyrolyser Temperature Profile, (Oct 20, 20000) Alex English english@kingston.net
- The Bigtop 50 kilowatt wood pellet gasifier / charcoal maker (Sept 27, 2000), Alex English
- Pyrolyser with Horizontal Burner Alex English March 24, 2000
- Clean combustion of pyrolisis gasses while making charcoal with wood pellets.(March 25/99)
- Summary of one afternoon of tests done on a down draft wood boiler. (March 25/99)
- Drawing and Pictures of the arrangement used to turn a drum full of dry wood into charcoal while burning off the noxious gasses. Alex English (July 12/ 98)
- Flaring Gasses While Making Charcoal, from Alex English(July 3/98)
- Fruit Drier Heat Exchanger
- Testing Stoves With a Vent Hood (Dec 18/97)
- Alex English's University Test Burner (Oct 14/97)
- Venturi Gasifier Test.(Sept 18/97)
- The Curvacious Charcoal Making Wood Gas Burning Stove (AE's latest test, Sept 11/97)
- Alex English's Latest Experiment (Aug 1/97)
- Picture of the swirl inducing add on for the venturi shown above
- Cut away view of swirl inducing add on
- Drawing and discription of the venturi burner.
- Mamou Fuelwood Cookstove
- Swosthee Stove
- Chimney Draft Chart
- Drawing of a device for Activating Charcoal (Nov 18, 99)
- Recent News about The Dona Justa Stove
- and more, from Aprovecho (Jan 25,2000)
- Rocket Elbow Stove (Feb 2, 2002)
- The Winiarski Rocket Stove (Feb 4,2002)
- Link to Rocket Page
- A Comparison of Wood-Burning Cookstoves for Uganda: Testing and Development (pdf 400k), August 2002, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, GTZ
- Woodstoves for Uganda, June 2002
- The Energy Ladder October 2002
- COST ESTIMATES FOR A DREAM STOVE FOR ASIA PROF. P. D. GROVER (Oct15, 99)
- Lanny's Simple Campfire Stove, October 21, 2002
- Lanny's Simple Campfire Stove Mod # 1 , October 25, 2002
- Lanny's Simple Campfire Stove Mod #2, November 2, 2002
- Charcoal Plant from Dr Yury Yudkevitch (March 26/99)
- Making Charcoal, from Dr Yury Yudkevitch(July 3/98)
- Dr Jury Judkevitch's Polykor Furnace (March 6, 98)
- Dr. Jury Judevitch variation on the Wood-Gas Cook Stove (March 3,98)
- Drawing of Charcoal Fired Water Heater, from Elsen Karstad (July19,2000)
- Elsen Karstad's Charcoal Briquetteing Equiptment (March 3/99)
- Photos of the 6-Drum Sawdust Carboniser taken on 11/11/98. by Elsen Karstad
- Carbonizing Charcoal and Briquetting, from Elsen Karstad (July3/98)
- The World's Formost Authority on the One Can Stoves (July2/98)
- Pictures of Elsen Karstad's Sawdust Carbonizing Experiments.(March 31/98)
- Pictures of Elsen Karstads Stove (Oct 31/97)
- Elsen Karstad's Charcoal Making Wood Gas Cooking Stove (Oct 2/97)
- Elsen Karstad's Charcoal Making Wood Gas Cooking Stove (Sept 19/97)
- Pictures of Elsen Karstad's Version of the Two Can Charcoal Making Stove
- Pictures of Elsen Karstad's Briquetting Machine
- ARTI Charcoal and Briquettes, Nov 2002
- International Conference on Biomass-based Fuels and Cooking Systems , A few images from the conference
- Low Cost Charcoal Without Wood (April 2002) Ashden Award
- Ashden Award (2002)
- The Laxmi Stoves, Priyadarshini Karve updated(April 27/98)
- Turning Sawdust into Charcoal, in Malaysia (June 23/98)
- Drawings and Discription of the Thermette Water Heater (Aug 31/98)
- Pictures and Drawings of the Swosthee Stove (Aug 19/98)
Jose Fernando Martirena Hernandez
- Solid Fuel Block Out of Waste Biomass. The Cuba Case March 2002
- Waste to energy Technologies Targetting the Poor. The Cuba Case Study July 2002
- Rocket Stoves - Controlling Draft, August 17, 2002
- Ceramic Stove Tests Aprovecho July 2002
- Biomass Energy Foundation
- Woodgas Stove Flame, Tom Reed (February 2, 2002)
- Two Papers on The Turbo Stove , Tom Reed (July 31,99)
- Drawing of the IDD Wood Gas Stove
- A Wood-Gas Stove for Developing Countries by Tom Reed and Ronal Larson
- Background on the "Inverted Downdraft Gasifier" by Tom Reed
- Mayon Turbo Stove for Rice Husks, Update April 2002
- Mayon Turbo Rice Hull Stove
- Finnish Turbo Stoves in Ethiopia, MGP LTd January 2002
- Chinese Gasifier Stove, January 2003
- Short Primer on Stove Efficiency, May 4, 2002
- GREENHOUSE GASES FROM SMALL-SCALE COMBUSTION DEVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: PHASE IIA: HOUSEHOLD STOVES IN INDIA
- GREENHOUSE GASES FROM SMALL-SCALE COMBUSTION DEVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Phase III: Charcoal Kilns in Thailand
- Overview of the Indian National Burden of Disease from Indoor Air Pollution Kirk R. Smith (July 12/98)
- Lowering Exposure of Children to Indoor Air Pollution to Prevent Acute Respiratory Infection Environmental Health Project (pdf)
Agro Residue Fuel Briquettes, (May 12, 2001)
- Legacy Foundation micro-enterprise-based briquetting technology
- Images 2
- Resources of Cusco
- Chimney and Airfeed Effect
- Stove Retrofits
- Chaqilccasa's Solar Drier
Dean Still, Peter Scott, Larry Winiarski, Aprovecho
- Simple Plans for the Sunken Pot Aprovecho Stove (pdf 750 kb) Peter Scott
- Simple Plans for the Aprovecho Double Burner Rocket Stove (pdf 400 kb) Peter Scott
- Prototype Ecuadorian Earthen Stove (June 17, 2002)
- South Africa Two Sunken Pot Rocket Stove With Oven, (June 6, 2002)
- ETHOS Website, Engineers in Technical, Humanitarian Opportunities of Service, April 2002
- Rocket Style Uganda Stove (April 27, 2002)
- Larry Winiarski's Rocket Stove Principles (April 2002)
- Wood Fired Cacao Dryer in Nicaragua (March 4, 2002)
- HELPS International Rocket Stove (March 2002)
- Lanny's Rocket Wok (January 27, 2002)
- Lanny's Rocket Wok II
- Lanny's Rocket Wok Top
- Richard Henya, Kenya, (January 26, 2002) with Liner, Complete Stove
- Increasing fuel efficiency and reducing harmful emissions in traditional cooking stoves Boiling Point 47 Autumn 2001 (pdf 153k)
- Image of a Rocket stove made from pumice. Dean Still (March18, 2001)
- Image of a Rocket Griddle Stove, Dean Still (April 1, 2001)
- Eritirea Traditional Stove Efficiency Info Courtesy Ron Larson Sept 2001 and October, 2002
- Update on Eritrea and Ethiopia, October 2002 Robert Van Buskirk
- Impact of Air Pollution on Child Respiratory Health, Barnes (pdf 153k)
- Fuelwood Use in South Africa: Where to in the 21st century, Williams and Schackleton (pdf 512k)
- Downdraft Barbeque, Peter Verhaart (Feb 7,99), (Feb 5, 2002) Water Boiler Tests (Mar 6, 2002)
- Australian Outback Coffee Maker, from Piet Verhart (Aug 16/98)
- The file Charst.jpg is a picture of my version of the Larson - Reed Charcoal producing stove. In order to limit heat loss I made an insert (the ganvanised pipe on the left). The next file Csvalve.fpg is a detail of the bottom valve to admit air through the bottom of the stove.
- The Jak stove (I thought of it while in Jakarta and it has a movable bottom which is jacked up as the fuel burns up) (Feb 2002).
- Claudio Sbaraglia's picture of a charcoal kiln, (Feb 1/99)
ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING COOKSTOVES AND FUELS
- Aprovecho Research Center Dean Still, Larry Winiarski
- ARECOP - Asia Regional Cookstove Program and Glow Magazine
- ARECOP Manuals
- Improved Stove Selection and Dissemination: Asia Regional Training of Trainers Workshop - Regional Wood Energy Development Program in Asia
- Development and Implementation of ICS Programmes RWEDP-ARECOP
- Appropriate Rural Technology Institute ARTI, Pune, India AD Karve, P Karve
- Biomass Energy Foundation Tom Reed Turbo Stove
- Chardust, Kenya Elsen Karstad, Matthew Owen
- CookStove.Net BTG Technology Group, Piet Visser, KK Prasad and World Bank
- Enterprise Works (USAID) Mali Stove Project
- Estufa Plancha Masons on a Mission, Patrick Manley, Guatemala Stove Project, Tom Clarke
- ETHOS Engineers in Technical, Humanitarian Opportunities of Service
- GTZ Household Energy Project
- HEDON Household Energy Network, Grant Ballard-Tremeer
- HELPS International, Guatemala
- Intermediate Technology Development Group
- Boiling Point, Liz Bates
- Kenya: Smoke and Health
- Improved Stoves and Household Energy
- Juntos Gasifier Stove Paul Anderson
- KUTRALDRUM, Argentina Roberto Escardo
- Legacy Foundation Richard Stanley, Fuel Briquettes
- New Dawn Engineering, Swaziland, Crispin Pemberton-Pigot
- PROLEÑA, Nicaragua Rogerio Carneiro de Miranda
- REAP Canada, Roger Samson Mayon Rice HuskTurbo Stove
- Regional Wood Energy Development Program
- Trees Water and People: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico (Chiapas)
- UC Berkeley, Prof. Kirk R. Smith
- UC Berkely Renewable and Appropriate Technology Research Laboratory
- US EPA Indoor Air Pollution Respiratory Research, Dan Kammen
- World Bank Household Energy Group
PUBLICATIONS AND MANUALS
- Improved Solid Biomass Burning Cookstoves: A Development Manual RWEDP
- Improved Biomass Cookstove Programmes: Fundamental Criteria for Success.(pdf) MA Rural Development Dissertation. August 1999. Jonathan Rouse
- Measuring Cookstove Fuel Economy FAO Forestry for Local Community Development Programme Appendix II
- Cookstoves for the Developing World (1995) D Kammen Scientific American
- Improved Cookstoves A Training Manual (1988) US Peace Corps
- Village Earth Library: Improved Cookstoves and Charcoal Production
RELATED SOURCES
- About Maintenance and Functioning of Kerosene Pressure Lamps, Jeff Forsell
- Ceramic Jiko Stove
- Coconut Shell Charcoal, Coconut Development Board, India
- Combustion Net - Pellet Fuels
- Burning Charcoal Issues
- Masonry Heater Association Library, Masonary Heating publications
- Hearth Net
- Ovencrafters, Alan Scott
- Pellet Fuels Institute
- Study on Improved Institutional Biomass Cooking Stoves S C Bhattacharya
- Journey to Forever: (Keith Addison) Wood Fires That Fit Cookstoves for Schools
Chambers Stoves
_________________________________________________________________________________Thanks to Alex English for creating this site. Edited January 18, 2002 by Tom Miles