"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme socio-economics".
Performance of a natural draft briquette-gas stove for domestic use
Abstract:
Biomass as a source of energy supplies close to 68% of the
total energy demand in Kenya. The stoves used to burn these
biomass fuels are characterized by high inefficiencies and high
emissions posing environmental risks to the Kenyan forest cover
as well as health status to the users due to indoor air pollution.
This project aimed to mitigate these two major problems by
developing a gasification stove to use briquettes mostly derived
from organic waste. The stove integrated the design features
of the Modified Inverted Downdraft Gasification Experiment
(MIDGE), the Vesto stove by Crispin and the Stanley & Venter
stove designs. The performance of the stove was tested using
the standard water boiling test. The efficiency of the stove
was found to be 31%. The cost of this stove, when mass
produced would be USD 8, and is recommended for household
use.
La biomasse comme source d’approvisionnement en énergie
de près de 68% de la demande totale d’énergie au Kenya. Les
poêles utilisés pour brûler ces combustibles de la biomasse sont
caractérisés par une grande inefficacité et les émissions qui
présentent des risques élevés de l’environnement de la forêt
kenyane couvrent, ainsi que l’état de santé, pour les utilisateurs
en raison de la pollution de l’air intérieur. Ce projet vise à
atténuer ces deux problèmes majeurs par le développement
d’un poêle de gazéification à l’utilisation de briquettes pour la
plupart issus de déchets organiques. Le poêle a intégré les
caractéristiques de conception de la mise à jour inversé
descendante Expérience de gazéification (cécidomyie), le poêle
Vesto par Crispin et le Stanley & Venter dessins poêle. La
performance du poêle a été testée en utilisant l’eau d’ébullition
standard de test. L’efficacité du poêle a été trouvée à 31%. Le
coût de ce poêle, lorsque la masse produite serait de USD 8, et
est recommandé pour une utilisation domestique.
Language:
English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1683-1686
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