Publications & Reports

Stove Design | Performance and Evaluation | Emissions Testing | Regional Reports

• Institutional Barrel Stoves in Northern Uganda: Theory vs. Reality
  Damon Ogle, March, 2007
• Sprocket Rocket Charcoal Stove Image Gallery or the The Sprocket Rocket (pdf) (Uganda)
  Ken Goyer June 4, 2006
• Initial Improvement of a Charcoal Burning Rocket Stove Dean Still, Aprovecho Research Center June 5 2006
• Rocket Stove with Fan Prototype Dean Still, Aprovecho, May 19, 2006
• Kilns and Brick Making, A Rough Draft (2.3 MB pdf), Ken Goyer, March, 2006
• Designing a Clean-Burning, High-Efficiency, Dung-Burning Stove: Lessons in cooking with cow patties. (pdf) Mark Witt, Kristina Weyer, David Manning, February 2006

• Institutional Rocket Stove, Larry Winiarsky, February 2006
• Development of Tobacco Rocket Barn for Small Holder Farmers in Malawi: A collaboration of ProBEC/GTZ, Limbe Leaf and Aprovecho, Peter Scott January 2006
• Designing Improved Wood Burning Heating Stoves (2 MB) Dean Still, Aprovecho, October 2005
• Ten Stove Design Principles, Larry Winiarski, Dean Still, Aprovecho, August 2005
• New Rocket Stove Design from Uganda: HHRS Quickie, Peter Scott, July 2005
• Uganda, How to Build the Improved Household Stoves: A construction guide for the Rocket - Lorena and Shielded Fire Stoves, Energy Advisory Project, GTZ, Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Peter Scott, July 2005
• Design Principles for Wood Burning Cook Stoves, Aprovecho Research Center, Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, Shell Foundation, June 2005 (1MB pdf)
  
• He made a cheap stove for a reason, Boston Globe, June 2005, Dean Still (pdf version) and Mark Witt's Final Report (1.2 MB pdf)
  
• Mud Stoves, Aprovecho/PCIA April 2005
  
• Instructions for Building a VITA Stove by Samuel F. Baldwin, 1987, Dean Still May 2005
  
• Lesotho: Nokoko Household Stove and Bread Oven, Peter Scott, Aprovecho/GTZ, November 2003
  
• Lesotho: Nkokonono Stove Peter Scott, Aprovecho/PROBEC, October 2003
• Introduction of Rocket Stove Cooking Devices in Uganda, Peter Scott, Aprovecho, Kampala, September 2003 1.4 MB pdf
  
• Rocket Lantern Dean Still, June 2003
  
• New Lorena Stove Design in Mexico, Dean Still, Jeremy Foster March 2003
  
• Making insulative clay combustion chambers slide show, Dean Still, Aprovecho March 2003
  
• Simple Plans for the Sunken Pot Aprovecho Stove (pdf 750 kb) Peter Scott Jan 2003
  
• Simple Plans for the Aprovecho Double Burner Rocket Stove (pdf 400 kb) Peter Scott
  
• Simple Plans to Build the Justa Stove (pdf 1200 kb)
  
• Rocket Stove User Guide (pdf 40 k)
  
• Guia para construir estufa justa (pdf 1200 kb)
  
• Mantenimiento Ecofogon o Justa (pdf 200 kb)
  
• Prototype Ecuadorian Earthen Stove (June 17, 2002)
  
• South Africa Two Sunken Pot Rocket Stove With Oven, (June 6, 2002)
  
• Rocket Style Uganda Stove (April 27, 2002)
  
• The Winiarski Rocket Stove
  
• Wood Fired Cacao Dryer in Nicaragua (March 4, 2002)
  
• HELPS International Rocket Stove (March 2002)
  
• Lanny's Rocket Wok (January 27, 2002)
  
• Richard Henya, Kenya, (January 26, 2002) with Liner, Complete Stove
  
• Image of a Rocket stove made from pumice. Dean Still (March18, 2001)
  
• Image of a Rocket Griddle Stove, Dean Still (April 1, 2001)
  
• Designing Vernacular Cooking Stoves: A Quick Summary for the Shell Foundations Discussions Dean Still Aprovecho Research Center September 13, 2001

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How to Build an Insitutional Barrel Stove

A multi-part video with step by step instructions for building an institutionally sized rocket stove made from metal barrels.

How to Build a VITA Stove

A short video available for viewing or downloading describing the steps for building a small single pot VITA stove. The VITA stove is inexpensive to construct and seems suitable for outdoor cooking in refugee situations.

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