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Magh CM woodgas Good Stove

19 September 2009 - 1:08pm

Sai Bhaskar Reddy

From Magh CM woodgas good stove design

From Magh CM Woodgas Good Stove

From Magh CM Production 8 to 18 sep09

From Magh CM adoption by community 18sep09

Magh CM Woodgas Good Stove http://e-maghcm.blogspot.com/ designed recently is a very low cost TLUD stove meant for Common Man (CM). This can be produced by the local communities with less than 8 dollars (USD). Under Magh CM series I have designed many stoves / burners in the past. This stove design is one of the most acceptable stoves, as it has the options to run on forced air / natural draft. Most importantly the convenient charcoal / ash removal facility is created at the bottom, the grate can be simply lifted using a wire and immediately refilled for reuse. The additional window for secondary air in case of no power, the primary air control and the 12 V DC powered fan makes it like a geared vehicle for multiple options to control the heat / flame / updraft. Used the most commonly available oil tin can of 12 inches x 9 inches x 9 inches with a combustion chamber of 6 inches diameter and 9 inches height for the convenience of adoption for a family of 5 members cooking needs. The tin cans are easily available all over India. Posting here the pictures and the design for your valuable comments for improvement. I am thankful to all for your valuable suggestions in the past. This is the 30th Good Stove design of Avan and Magh series since last 4 years of my research and design. Happy to share that the people who have seen this stove have paid money in advance for having these Stoves. For more pictures and info see http://e-maghcm.blogspot.com/ and http://picasaweb.google.com/saibhaskar.gsbc

The biomass feed is: Wood shavings, chips of wood, leaves, corn cobs, pieces of sticks, seeds, cowdung cakes etc.

Weight: ~15 kgs

Dimensions: 12x9x9 inches

Price: less than 8 dollars (community price)

GEO http://www.e-geo.org is implementing Good Stoves and Biochar Communities (GSBC) Project in Andhra Pradesh State, India with the support of GoodPlanet, France http://www.goodplanet.org, this is a 3 years project.

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GEO FUEL BRIQUETTES

30 April 2009 - 12:26am

Sai Bhaskar Reddy

GEO fuel briquettes

is a very low cost technology, and also for making briquettes with very less effort. This is screw based system, requires very less energy and space to operate. Briquettes can be made using human power, convenient for young or old in making briquettes from various types of waste material. Small pieces of waste papers, sawdust, leaves, wood shavings, rice husk, etc. can be used as raw material. Any sticky material available in abundant can also be added if required for producing compact and strong briquettes. The cost of each such device made up of iron is less than $8 (USD) or Rs. 400. Various types of stoves are available for using the briquettes, including some of these AVAN and MAGH series stoves can be used. Magh-1 stove with little adoption can also be used for briquettes as fuel. We can also make and use special stoves for the briquettes as fuel. For more details see: http://e-fuelbriquetts.blogspot.com/

Also see http://e-lowcostextruder.blogspot.com/ | http://www.e-geo.org | http://www.goodstove.com

MAGH UTHAM WOODGAS BURNER

18 December 2008 - 1:07pm

Sai Bhaskar Reddy

This is the prototype of Magh series "Magh Utham Woodgas Burner". http://e-maghutham.blogspot.com/ This is a natural draft burner (forced air is optional). Low cost, low weight, easy of operation, easy to collect the biochar by rotating the combustion frame and easy to reload it. As it is can be used for boilers / institutional stoves / domestic cooking / etc. The performance is good. There could be some more improvements in its design to increase its performance. For details and photographs see the link http://e-maghutham.blogspot.com/ . The term "Utham" refers to "Best" which is part of the name of Prof. K. Purushotham Reddy a very well known environmentalist in India.

MAGH CM-II NATURAL DRAFT T-LUD WOODGAS STOVE

25 October 2008 - 8:31am

Sai Bhaskar Reddy

Magh CM-II natural draft woodgas stove http://e-maghcm-ii.blogspot.com/, it is a very low-cost stove for heating and generating charcoal. It can also be described as a mini-charcoal making metal kiln. Instead of incinerating biomass generated from home gardens / any other dry combustible material generated as household waste usually throw into the garbage bins, can be used here. The leaf litter, dry twigs / sticks, chips of wood, wood shavings, etc., are very much suitable.

FACTORS INFLUENCING COMMUNITY ADOPTION OF GOOD STOVES

17 June 2008 - 10:00pm

Sai Bhaskar Reddy

"FACTORS INFLUENCING COMMUNITY ADOPTION OF GOOD STOVES" is a paper written based on my experience and referring to literature.

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GEO ENERGY POSTERS

3 February 2008 - 10:54am

Sai Bhaskar Reddy

GEO ENERGY POSTERS
N.Sai Bhaskar Reddy, Geoecology Energy Organization(GEO) Energy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, February 3, 2008

GEO ENERGY POSTERS

LINKS FOR FULL SIZE POSTERS

1. COMMUNITY ADAPTATION OF GOOD STOVES

2. WOODGAS STOVE - HOW TO USE?

3. ENERGY AND LIVELIHOODS

4. GOOD STOVE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

5. GOOD STOVES CLASSIFICATION

6. PROCESS OF COMMUNITY ADOPTION OF GOOD STOVES

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MAGH-CM1 T-LUD WOODGAS STOVE - COMMON MANS' LOW COST STOVE

2 January 2008 - 2:46am

Sai Bhaskar Reddy

MAGH-CM1 T-LUD WOODGAS STOVE - COMMON MANS' LOW COST STOVE N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy, Geo, January 2, 2008 MAGH-CM1 T-LUD WOODGAS STOVE

AVAN STOVE , Earth Stove, WOODGAS AND ROCKET STOVE PRINCIPLES

29 December 2007 - 10:00pm

Sai Bhaskar Reddy

AVAN STOVE - WOODGAS AND ROCKET STOVE PRINCIPLES
N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy,GEO GEOECOLOGY ENERGY ORGANISATION, December 30, 2007
Avan (Earth) Stove
Avan (Earth) Stove http://e-avanstove.blogspot.com/ has the features of both Rocket stove and Woodgas stove. It is made up of 25 nos of ordinary bricks, four bricks with slits, one piece of flat tile, one steel grate 7x7 inches and Clay mixed with cow dung. The approximate cost of construction is $ 2 (USD). All types of biomass can be used as fuel (Sticks / twigs / chips of wood / dry leaves / grass / saw dust / cow dung cakes / paddy husk etc.) and advantage of gravity is used for easy and semi-automatic feeding. Designed by Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy, GEO -Geoecology Energy Organisation http://www.e-geo.org declared as Creative Commons.