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Jiko Bomba Gasification Cookstove

Thursday, 24 January, 2013 - 14:45
Erin Rasmussen

Here is some pictures of the Jiko Bomba casification cookstove.
The first shows the two part of the stove with pellet as fuel in the firebox before fire is lit.
Second show the stove burning.
The third the same, in the end of the gasification.
The forth shows the charcoal stage where the pellets remains as glowing carbon. A pot can be put on top of the bottom part of the stove, there are three supports for that.

Yours
Bjarne Laustsen

Jiko Bomba, load the lower half with pellets

Open Space - Fire, Stove and more

Sunday, 23 December, 2012 - 01:40
saibhaskar

Open Space is a concept to give freedom to the people. Within minimum given place, people would have access to Fire to cook (good stove), have access to food, water for drinking, source for light (apart from stove, some light from solar powered lamps), place for communication and networking with others and a place for reading books, news papers, etc. These type of "Open Spaces" would be kept in public places, especially for the poor people to access all the above facilities..

India
Geoecology Energy Organisation

ETHOS 2013 Conference, Friday, January 25 to Sunday, January 27 in Kirkland Washington

Tuesday, 18 December, 2012 - 00:00
Erin Rasmussen

The ETHOS conference will be January 25 - 27, 2013 in Seattle and it looks like we have another great conference. The conference will include

- Update on the Global Alliance and their activities
- Standardizing Reporting on IWA Indicators
- Stove Performance Inventory, Sharing Public Data, and Establishing Common Data Formats
- Update on ISO Process
- Updates on Protocol Developments.

Its not too late to get your abstracts in and give talk. Please send your abstracts directly to Dean and I.

For more details, to register, and to submit your abstract the conference web site is http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/ethos/conference.php.

More information and registration: http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/ethos/conference.php

Global Alliance For Clean Cookstoves Forum March 2013

Tuesday, 20 November, 2012 - 17:01
Erin Rasmussen

Proceedings are Posted

  • A Progress Report
  • Presentations and notes from plenary, breakout, and intensive learning sessions
  • Posters displayed during the poster session
  • Photos taken throughout the week
  • An updated participant roster

Link to the Forum Proceedings: https://unfoundation.box.com/CleanCookingForum2013

Forum on Clean Cookstoves and Fuels were held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from March 18-22, 2013.

Forum on Clean Cookstoves and Fuels will be held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from March 18-22, 2013.
Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
Cambodia

The Mini-Kiln Kit

Friday, 2 November, 2012 - 02:29
teddy

Four very good reasons why to make your own charcoal from dry maize cobs.

A loaded kinyanjui type barrel kiln carbonizing maize cobs
kenya
africa
Kenya
Cookswell Jikos

Another use for Fuel Briquettes

Thursday, 1 November, 2012 - 00:00
Erin Rasmussen

Multiple uses for fuel briquettes..This is in from Nora Feldmar who, as part of her advanced degree in Holland, is introducing briquettes to an active Gypsy community in Hungary:

cheers all,

Richard Stanley
www.legacyfound.org

fuel briquette, bird seed briquette
Hungary

Hand and Foot Powered Metal Working Tools and Machines

Monday, 29 October, 2012 - 06:04
solarbobky

I have been looking into hand and foot powered tools and machinery for working sheet metal and light gauge sections. Attached is the presentation I've put together so far. It is a work in progress.

read the full pdf:
http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/files/metal_working_tools_and_machines.pdf

Quad 2 Stove Performance Report

Tuesday, 23 October, 2012 - 17:48
Erin Rasmussen

Paul Anderson, Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation (CREEC)

The Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation (CREEC) is a not-for-profit organization which works “to enhance access to modern types of energy through research, training and consultancy”.

The CREEC offers independent stove testing services, and has recently tested the Quad 2 Stove.

For the full test report and method see the pdf:
http://www.stoves.bioenergylists.org/files/quad_2_stove.pdf

Quad 2 Stove
Uganda

Understanding Stoves - Book by Dr N Sai Bhaskar Reddy

Thursday, 11 October, 2012 - 04:05
saibhaskar

Understanding Stoves is book about stoves written by Dr N Sai Bhaskar Reddy. This book is declared as 'Open Knowledge', Published by MetaMeta, Netherlands

http://www.metameta.nl/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Understandin...
or
http://www.metameta.nl/ link found in Home Page

Understanding Stoves Book Cover
India

Micro-gasification: Cooking with gas from dry biomass'

Thursday, 4 October, 2012 - 11:02
Erin Rasmussen

Christa Roth's excellent report
Micro-gasification: Cooking with gas from dry biomass

has a new location:
http://tinyurl.com/GIZ-HERA-Micro-gasification
or http://www.giz.de/Themen/en/SID-5B39BEEE-D808E629/dokumente/giz2011-en-m...

GiZ

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