January 2008

The New Ecocina Stove Design

27 January 2008 - 3:10pm

The New Ecocina Stove Design
Stove Team International, ETHOS 2008, January 27, 2008
New Ecocina Stove
Ecocina with old stove in background

- Made from sheet metal or ferro-cement, insulated and cool to the touch
- Efficient combustion creates little smoke and requires no chimney
- Portable
- Inexpensive to make
- Based on the time-tested “rocket elbow” design
- Reduced deforestation and CO2 emission using less fuel wood

See ETHOS presentation attached

El Salvador

Ecocina

Rocket

Ecocinaa

27 January 2008 - 3:06pm

Moisture Content: Wet Basis to Dry Basis Converter

27 January 2008 - 10:31am

Moisture Content: Wet Basis to Dry Basis Converter
Scion Research, New Zealand

Moisture Content

Wet Basis

Dry Basis

CHARCOAL (how to make charcoal in a drum)

26 January 2008 - 10:24pm

The author, Gary Gilmore, explains how he designed a charcoal retort from 55 gallon drums. This is a smoke free design also the flare could be put to use.

Charcoal

Charcoal Production

Retort

Charcoal Retort

26 January 2008 - 10:18pm

Charcoal retort by Gary Gilmore.

Stove by the African Christian Organizations Network

26 January 2008 - 2:24pm

Shaban

Stove by the African Christian Organizations Network
Salim Mayeki Shaban, Programme Coordinator, African Christians Organization Network, January 26, 2008
Roweto