- The Onil Stove, Don Oneal, 2005
- Phillips develops a woodstove that saves lives and preserves energy resources, Paul van der Sluis, Phillips Research, Eindhoven, Netherlands, March 2006
- Video Demonstration of Phillips Stove (Requires Real Player) Nieuwslicht, 3 maart 2006 vrijdag 3
- Phillips Sustainability
- Midge (Modified Inverted Downdraft Gasifier Experiment) Stove, Woodgas Discussion Group, William Carr, September 2005
- Biomass Gasification: Clean Residential Stoves, Commercial Power Generation, and Global Impacts 8-10 Nov 2004, Viña del Mar, Chile, Paul S. Anderson (Ph.D.) and Thomas B. Reed (Ph.D.)
- The Garlington Woodgas Stove, Ray Garlington 2003
Rocket Stove Design Guides (Malawi 2005), Peter Scott, Aprovecho
- 2 sets of Stove Plans:
- 2 Excel design guides:
- Household metal Rocket stove design guide
- Institutional metal Rocket Stove design guide
- Household metal Rocket stove design guide
- 2 stove design guides (Microsoft word):
- 1 design guide for Pot development: (note: this is made for producing pots from stainless steel sheets i250 by 2500 mm)
- 100L and 200L Pot development design Guide
- Quality Control Guide for Stove Producers
- Institutional User Guide
Materials and Manufacturing Techniques
- Mud
- Mud Stoves, Aprovecho/PCIA April 2005
- Different Types of Energy Saving Stoves in Southern Malawi Christa Roth, IFPS Malawi
- Ceramic and Concrete:
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- Durability of Insulating Bricks and Ceramic Stoves, Discussion September 2005
- Report on Baldosa Tiles for HELPS and TW Stoves September 2005
- Ecofogao/Ecostove Brochure, Stuart Conway, Trees Water and People, April 2005
- Practical Tips For Potters Making Improved Cooking Stoves
- Part 1: Forward and Introduction
- Part 2: Finding and Selecting the Clay
- Part 3: Testing the Clay For Cooking Stoves
- Part 4: Materials That Can be Added to Make a Better Mixture
- Part 5 -- Making Up and Testing Mixtures, and Clay Preparation, Richard Boyt, June 2005
- Part 6: Forming Stoves, Richard Boyt, June 2005
- Part 7: Drying and Firing the Stove, Richard Boyt, July 2005
- Ceramic Charcoal Making Cookstove Richard Boyt and Ron Larson June 2003
- Ceramics for Cookstoves
- Part 1: Finding Clay (May 2003)
- Part 2: Testing Unfired (green) Clay(May 2003)
- Part 3a: Test firing local clays- primitive kilns (May 2003)
- Part 3b: Test Firing Local Clays- Re-discovery of a "Natural" Kiln (June 2003)
- Part 4: Drying Formed Clay Shapes (September 2003)
- Part 5a: Making Samples for Testing (August 2003)
- Part 7- Ash/clay-- Modifying, Shaping, and Drying (July 2005)
- Specific Thermal Resistance of Various Materials, Roberto Escardo (May 2003)
- Heat loss from stoves: Thermal properties of insulative bricks Overall heat losses Dale Andreatta (April 2003)
- How to Make a Portable Clay Stove IFPS Malawi/GTZ ProBEC (February 2003)
- How to construct a kiln for clay stove firing Christa Roth, IFPS Malawi (February 2003)
- The Onil Stove, Don Oneal 2005
- Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC)
- Ceramics, Clay and Insulating Brick
- Making Insulative Clay Combustion Chambers slide show, Dean Still, Aprovecho March 2003
- Using Pumice to Make Lightweight Ceramics in El Salvador Damon Ogle, March 31, 2003
- MAKING LIGHT WEIGHT REFRACTORY CERAMIC FROM PERLITE AND CLAY Damon Ogle Jan 13, 2003
- The Effect of Material Choice on the Combustion Chamber of a Rocket Cooking Stove: Adobe, Common Brick, Vernacular Insulative Ceramic, and Guatemalan Floor Tile (Baldosa) Dean Still and Brad van Appel January 1, 2002
- HELPS Plancha Stove Jutiaupa Mod With Inverted Pyramid Don O'Neal March 2003
- Ron Larson's Questions and Answers March 2003
- Making Baldosa Tiles for HELPS Stoves in Guatemala Don O'Neal Feb 3 2003
- Status and Development Issues of the Brick Industry in Asia RWEDP Field Document No.35, 1993
- Stone or brick
- Refractory, Lightweight ceramic refractory
- Rocket Stove, Safedrinkingwater.blogspot.com, Rusty Shuping, Appropriate Technology Blog February 2006
- Metal:
- Test of (Metal) Materials for Downdraft Grates, Damon Ogle, January 2005
- EcoBarril and Rocket Stoves from Honduras MicroEnterprise Project, Honduras, Stuart Conway, Trees Water and People, January 14 2005
- Installation of Improved Metal Cooking Stoves in the Khumbu Region: Field Visit Report (1 of 3) Sustainable Technology Adaptive Research and Implementation Center, Nepal Sjoerd Nienhuys,SNV-Nepal January 2005 (2 of 3) (3 of 3)
- 3CR12
- Tin cans, tincanium: WINGS The Homemade Stove Archive
Standards and Performance Testing: Field and Laboratory
Cookstoves Testing
- Stove Performance and Evaluation Protocols, Forms, and Guidelines, David Pennise, Rob Bailis, CEIHD March 2006
- Water Boiling Test (WBT), Kirk Smith, Household Environment and Health (HEH) Project standard protocol for indoor air pollution measurements and stove performance tests (SPTs), December 2004
- ETHOS/APROVECHO TESTS
- Stove Camp Results and Photos, Dean Still, Aprovecho/ETHOS, August 2005
- Emissions Hood Summary (Aug 30, 2005)
- Photos of Test Equipment (Sep 1, 2005)
- Cookstove Efficiency Report, Dale Andreatta, January 2005
- ETHOS Stoves Summer Camp Report 2004, Dean Still ,September 2004
- Emissions Testing Hood, Aprovecho, Dean Still, February 2004
- Summary and Results (pdf) from the Seminar, Dean Still (June 18, 2003) (HTML)
- ETHOS Stove Design and Testing Seminar June 2-6, 2003, Aprovecho Research Center, Oregon
- Stoves Tests: (Cookstove.net) Piet Visser March 2003
- "Simple waterboiling test procedure", pdf file with test description;
- "Testing Protocol English", pdf file with description of test procedure and fuel consumption calculations with formulas;
- "Fuel Consumption Calculations", xls file in english
- "Calcul de Consommation de Combustible", xls file in french
- "Simple waterboiling test procedure", pdf file with test description;
- ARECOP/RWEDP Improved Solid Biomass Burning Cookstoves: A Development Manual RWEDP
- China State Standard in Chinese Fuel Saving Stoves: A Compendium Field Document No.40, July 1993 RWEDP
Field Test Reports
- 2004 Honduran Market Stove, Mike Hatfield, Aprovecho, Trees Water and People, ADHESA, December 2004
- Wallmo, K. and Jacobson, S. K. (1998) A Social and Environmental Evaluation of Fuel-Efficient Cook-Stoves and Conservation in Uganda.
- GTZ Results of a Household Energy Survey in Western Sénégal The Town of Kaolack
Developed Country Heating Appliances
- Comparison of Draft ISO- and CEN-Standards to Determine Efficiency and Emissions of Solid Fuel Burning Appliances, Laboratories for Sustainable Energy Systems, Switzerland
- SAA 142/222 Europe's first official test for storing stoves and fireplaces
- USA Residential Wood Combustion Technology Report, Vol 1 Omni Environmental 1998
- CANADA Options to Reduce Emissions from Residential Wood Burning Appliances 2002
- Claes Tullin Swedish National Testing and Research Biomass Testing and Research in Sweden - Wood Stoves
- Comparison of (Heating Stove) Test Standards From Various Countries , Edvark Karlsvik (pdf) Grouped by similar standards:
- Germany (DIN 1889 1) and Denmark (DS887-2)
- USA (EPA 5G), Canada,(CSA B415.1, B415-M 1986) Australia (91064), Norway (Methode A-D)
- Sweden (SP 107-1)
- IN-FURNACE MEASUREMENTS IN DISCONTINOUSLY WOOD FIRED SMALL SCALE HEATING SYSTEMS 1996 Germany
Testing Laboratories
Emissions Testing
- Indoor air quality
- Flue gas
Glossary of Energy Terms
- Cookstoves Terms
- Foods and Cooking Terms
- Energy Glossary (Sempraglobal)
Domestic Stoves (RWEDP)
- Open and three-stone fireplaces
- Solid stoves with or without chimney
- Portable ceramic or pottery stoves
- Portable metal stoves
- Portable ceramic/metal stoves
Institutional Stoves
- Open and three-stone fireplaces
- Solid and metal stoves with or without chimney
- Metal woodstoves with insulation liner and chimney
- Metal gas stove
Thermodynamics
- Fuels
- Air
- Combustion Products
Models
Design Objectives
- Health: Reduce Smoke
- Health: Use chimney
- Health: No chimney
- Prestige, Aesthetic Value
- Reduce Cooking Time
- Fuel Gathering Time
- Save Fuel
- High heat
- Low heat long cook: good turndown
- Make charcoal
- Dense or prepared fuel (small sticks, briquettes) or charcoal
- Low density bulky fuel (straw, leaves)
- Loose bulk fuel (rice husk)
- Hot water for sanitary use
- Mass production - low cost
- Use local materials and skills - clay
User Needs
- Urban, scarce fuel
- Rural
- Fuel type: forest residue, crop residue, dung cake, prepared fuel
- Food type
- Special Food
- Special use: silk - boil cocoon
- Improve traditional design
Fuel Characteristics
- Type
- Moisture
- Size
- Density
- Composition, ash
Improved Cookstove Designs, Examples
- Mud stoves: Lorena or Magan Chulha.
- Ceramic stoves: Chitetso Mbaula, Upesi or Anagi, Maendeleo, Justa
- Metal stoves: Kenya Ceramic Jiko (KCJ)
Testing: Field and Laboratory
Test Objectives:
- Suitability/Acceptance
- Safety
- Emissions and Health
- Ambient
- Burner
- Energy Efficiency
- Cooking
- Heating
Nicaragua Prolena: Ecostove ProductionStove in Use
Source: Design Development and Types of Stoves (RWEDP)
- Gasification
- Combustion
- Air Flow
- Crispin's Excel Spreadsheet for Chimney Draft Calculations, New Dawn Engineering, May 2005
- Stove Gap Calculator (Excel Spreadsheet and Description), Crispin Pemberton-Pigott, New Dawn Engineering, Swaziland, March 2006
- Emissions
- Economics, social benefits
- Design or selection decision tree
- Durability of Insulating Bricks and Ceramic Stoves, Discussion September 2005
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