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1 A laboratory comparison of the global warming impact of five major types of biomass cooking stove
Nordica MacCarty, Dean Still, Damon Ogle, Dr. Tami Bond, Christoph Roden
June 2008
Over 2 billion of the world’s population uses biomass to cook every day, so the possibility of improved stoves helping to mitigate climate change is generating increasing attention. Considering their emissions of CO2, methane, and black carbon, is there a cleaner, more practical option to provide to the families that will need to continue to use biomass for cooking? This study quantified the relative emissions from five types of biomass combustion in order to investigate if there are cleaner options.
3826 0.375821 29.07.2009 28.09.2010
2 A study in conserving energy using an experimental cook pot
Dr. Alan Berick
September 17, 2006
Since evaporation is the major cause of heat loss in a cook pot while simmering, how can one design a cook pot that will minimize this effect without negatively impacting the cooking task?
587 0.736819 03.08.2009 28.09.2010
3 Assessing Cook Stove Performance: Field and Lab Studies of Three Rocket Stoves in India
Nordica MacCarty
January 2008
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.
630 0.83616 30.07.2009 28.09.2010
4 Comparing the Charcoal Burning Rocket and Jiko Stoves
Dean Still and Nordica MacCarty
June 2006
518 0.231509 03.08.2009 01.10.2010
5 Darfur Humanitarian Stove Project Assessment Report
Daniel Wolf and Mathew Langol
Aprovecho Research Center and International Lifeline Fund
January 2006
The purpose of this trip was to explore methods for improving and expanding existing FES projects with an ultimate objective of providing as complete coverage as possible throughout Darfur with the most efficient and sustainable fuel technologies available.
666 0.324709 03.08.2009 28.09.2010
6 ETHOS June 2003 Stove Testing & Design Seminar Summary
Dean Still
June 2003
1094 0.172547 03.08.2009 01.10.2010
7 ETHOS Stove Design and Testing Seminar-Summary and Results
June 2-6, 2003 at Aprovecho Research Center, Oregon
2839 4.528578 03.08.2009 03.08.2009
8 Grates Improve Efficiency
Dean Still
April 2003
549 0.126532 03.08.2009 01.10.2010
9 Heat Losses in a Cook Pot at Constant Temperature
Dr. Alan Berick
June 2006
During simmering or cooking, the task of the stove is to maintain a constant temperature in the pot. In order to accomplish this goal, enough fuel is used to offset the energy losses from the pot. These energy or heat losses are due to three main mechanisms: evaporation, radiation, and convection. The goal of this study is to quantify the relationship of these mechanisms and to attempt to find means to minimize these losses when possible.
1412 0.32972 03.08.2009 28.09.2010
10 Increasing fuel efficiency and reducing harmful emissions in traditional cooking stoves
Dean Still and Dr. Larry Winiarski
Autumn 2001
"Boiling Point" No. 47
599 0.156061 03.08.2009 01.10.2010
11 Laboratory Testing of Rocket Stoves of Various Capacities As Compared to the Three Stone Fire
Dean Still and Nordica MacCarty
April 2007
In an effort to understand the relationship between stove capacity and fuel use and emissions, the performances of three sizes of rocket stoves were compared.
600 0.208667 03.08.2009 28.09.2010
12 Results of Testing of the CleanCook Stove for Fuel Use and Carbon Emissions
Nordica MacCarty
June 26, 2009
Prepared for Project Gaia, Practical Action, and World Bank
656 1.006387 24.02.2010 01.10.2010
13 Saving Energy in a Biomass Cookstove using an Well Designed Pot
Dr. Alan Berick
February 2007
A well-designed stove can save a significant amount of fuel when properly used. It is also possible to save significant amounts of fuel if a well-designed pot is used for cooking . Although the maximum fuel saving will only be possible if the fuel saving pot is used with the well-designed stove, it is possible to save fuel with the fuel saving pot when used with any stove design.
861 0.387392 03.08.2009 28.09.2010
14 Test Results of Cookstove Performance
Aprovecho Research Center, PCIA, Shell Foundation, USEPA
2011
4 11.854183 07.02.2012 07.02.2012
15 The Effect of Material Choice on the Combustion Chamber of a Rocket Cooking Stove
Dean Still and Brad van Appel
January 2002
Comparing and contrasting adobe, common brick, vernacular insulative ceramic, and Guatemalan floor tile (baldosa)
1039 0.203852 03.08.2009 01.10.2010