Improved Biomass Cooking Stoves

Televisa: Impact of HELPS Stove Program in Guatemala
Michelle Hollaender, Helps, International, January 2008

As you may have heard, a Mexican crew of three reporters from TELEVISA spent a week in Guatemala filming the positive impact that HELPS Programs has had in the lives of so many people.

The four day series will air Monday February 4th early in the morning in Mexico City.

The Kitchen Killer: Onil Stove Video
video by Lindsey Oneal, Guatemala, January 2008

http://current.com/items/76789492_the_kitchen_killer

How to Make Charcoal
Robert Flanagan, SAFFE, January 30, 2008

I've just been playing around with my natural draft stove to see how easy it would be to use it for cooking and making charcoal.

I fed some extra fuel in the side to show the pyrolysis reaction taking place.

Estufa Eco-Comal
Marco Tulio Guerra Buezo, Eccomal, Sacatepequez, Guatemala, enero 2008
Estufa Eco-comal
Sistema de Combustion
SOMOS UN PROYECTO CON FIN EMPRESARIAL Y SOCIAL.
NUESTRA RAZON DE SER SE FUNDAMENTA EN PROMOVER Y DESARROLLAR TECNOLOGIA ALTERNATIVA PARA EL USO Y MANEJO DE LOS RECURSOS NATURALES EN FORMA RESPONSABLE

Mision
DESARROLLAR Y PROMOVER TECNOLGIA APROPIADA PARA EL USO Y MANEJO DE FUENTES ENERGETICAS EN FORMA RESPONSABLE

EL SISTEMA ECO-COMAL
ECO-COMAL. Es un proyecto educativo en busca de un cambio de actitud para el uso adecuado y generacion de la leña.

Ver Presentacion adjunto

Calle a san Felipe N0. 7 Jocotenango, Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Marco Tulio Guerra Buezo
Macog8@gmail.com
Cel. 51849521 Tel. 79221861

Nuevo diseño de Ecocina
Gustavo Peña, Stove Team International, ETHOS 2008, January 27, 2008
Nuevo Diseno Ecocina
Ecocina con vieja estufa en fondo

- Hecho de metal de hoja o ferrocemento, aislado y fresco al toque.
- La combustión eficiente crea poco de humo y requiere ninguna chimenea.
- Portátil
- Economico fabricar
- Basado en el diseño aprobado “codo rocket”.
- Deforestación reducida, emisión CO2 reducida, con menos combustible

Adjunto presentacion Proyecto Cocinas Ecologicas

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

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

Stove for the Developing World’s Health
AMANDA LEIGH HAAG, New York Times,January 22, 2008
Envirofit
Shell Foundation Director Kurt Hoffman thought you might be interested in this article from today's NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22stov.html?ref=science

Ecocina Stove by Stove Team International
Don Steely, Stove Team International, January 9, 2008

Ecocina Stove

The attached pdf has the updated, and best drawings for the Ecocina stove.

Top Lit Updraft (TLUD) Gasifier for Carbonized Coal
by Alexis Belonio, Immanuel Ginting, Djoewito Atmowidjojo, and Bony Minang
TLUD for Carbonized Coal