BioEnergy Lists: Biomass Cooking Stoves

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Africa

Fish Smoker References

Fish Smoker References
Andrew Parker, May 10, 2007

Chorkor oven being used for bonga at Bonfi (Conakry, Guinea)
PCIA Bulletin 14: PCIA Partners in Africa

PCIA Bulletin 14: PCIA Partners in Africa
Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, January 7,2008

Dear Partners,

We have published the 14th issue of the PCIA Bulletin!
Manual Clay Ring Forming Machine

Manual clay ring forming machine for making the combustion chamber of a small single-pot Rocket Stove.
New Dawn Engineering
Crispin Pemberton-Pigott June 2 2006
Turbo Stove, Finland

Tapio Niemi's Turbo Stove
Updated December 8, 2006

Turbo Stove
Solar Cooking Videos

Solar Cooking Videos
YouTube July 2007

3-D Cooking:Rocket Stoves, Hay Boxes and Solar Cookers The Solution Rises Every Morning Rwanda, Cally Alles, Wilfred & Marie Pimental, Rotary International, Solar Cooker Rwanda Association 80percentangle.com
Documentary Preview: (Char) Coal Pushers

Documentary Preview by the Film-Maker BRUNO TORÉ posted to YouTube.

Beautiful imagery and spare dialogue nicely illustrate the day-to-day reality of an African charcoal seller.
COMPETENCE PLATFORM ON ENERGY CROPS AND AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS IN AFRICA (COMPETE)–OBJECTIVES AND RESULTS

COMPETENCE PLATFORM ON ENERGY CROPS AND AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS IN AFRICA (COMPETE)–OBJECTIVES
Fuel from the Savanna: the Social and Environmental Implications of the Charcoal Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fuel from the Savanna: the Social and Environmental Implications of the Charcoal Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
Annex III - (b) Measuring fuelwood and charcoal

Annex III - (b) Measuring fuelwood and charcoal
Keith Openshaw, FAO

1. Fuelwood

1.1 Average bundle size
Charcoal Production and Use in Africa: What Future?

Charcoal Production and Use in Africa: What Future?
Wood or Charcoal, which is better?

Wood or charcoal - which is better?
J.D. Keita is Regional Forestry Officer at the FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana.
FAO (Unasylva 157-158)
Effects of Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution from Biomass Combustion on Acute Respiratory Infections in Developing Countries

Quantifying the Effects of Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution from Biomass Combustion on Acute Respiratory Infections in Developing Countries
Domestic Cleancook Alcohol Stoves

Domestic Cleancook Alcohol Stoves, Harry Stokes, Project Gaia, September 2005
Power Plays - How innovative small firms are hooking up Africa's poor to affordable energy

Chardust, Nairobi, featured in Time Europe Magazine article: Power Plays - How innovative small firms are hooking up Africa's poor to affordable energy, Elsten Karstad, July 2005
AFREPREN/FWD - African Energy Policy Research Network/Foundation for Woodstove Dissemination

AFREPREN/FWD - African Energy Policy Research Network/Foundation for Woodstove Dissemination April 2004

Argentina

Instrucciones de armado y manejo caja caliente (olla bruja).

Instrucciones de armado y manejo caja caliente (olla bruja).
Biblioteca de Descargas del Lahv, Argentina, Enviado por: María Victoria Mercado.
Consumo diario de combustible

Consumo diario de combustible

Desde Argentina,

Necesidades de Combustible:
Leña:.....................................1 kg por persona por día.
Carbón de leña: ....................0,6 kg por persona por día.
Glosario de términos agrícolas

Glosario de términos agrícolas
Agronort. Sa., Argentina

Armenia

Aprovecho Dung Stove

Designing a Clean-Burning, High-Efficiency, Dung-Burning Stove: Lessons in cooking with cow patties. (pdf) Mark Witt, Kristina Weyer, David Manning Aprovecho Research Center, ASAT Lab, February 2006
Armenia: Burning Manure and Plastic for Heat

Armenia: Burning Manure and Plastic for Heat, Ken Goyer, Armenia, Aprovecho Research Institute, November 2005