Aprovecho Research Center Publications

ARC has published various manuals on cooking and heating technology which are written for a non-technical audience in simple, unintimidating language, with easy-to-follow diagrams.

ARC has also published papers in scientific journals such as Boiling Point and Energy for Sustainable Development in order to make data regarding lab and field stove performance and global warming impact accessible to the wider scientific community.

Assessing Cook Stove Performance: Field and Lab Studies of Three Rocket Stoves Comparing the Open Fire and Traditional Stoves in Tamil Nadu, India on Measures of Time to Cook, Fuel Use, Total Emissions, and Indoor Air Pollution
Nordica MacCarty
January 2008

Capturing HEAT: Five Earth-Friendly Cooking Technologies and How to Build Them
Dean Still and Jim Kness, Aprovecho Research Center; illustrated by Loki Quinnangeles, Cathy White, Shon Lenzo, Lynn Forbes, and Amelia Ettinger

Capturing Heat Two: Part 1-Pizza Oven and Stoves With Chimneys
Dean Still, Mike Hatfield, Peter Scott

Capturing Heat Two: Part 2-Simple Water Heaters
Dean Still, Mike Hatfield, Peter Scott

Cooking With Less Fuel: Breathing Less Smoke
Aprovecho Research Center; World Food Programme, School Feeding Service (PDPF); Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA); Shell Foundation

Design Principles for Wood Burning Cook Stoves
Larry Winiarski, Aprovecho Research Center, Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA), Shell Foundation
June 2005

Designing Improved Wood Burning Heating Stoves
Dr. Mark Bryden, Dean Still, Damon Ogle, Nordica MacCarty
October 2005

A laboratory comparison of the global warming impact of five major types of biomass cooking stoves

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MacCarty, N.; Still, D.; Ogle, D.; Bond, T.; Roden. Energy for Sustainable Development.
June 2008

Proposed Benchmarks For Wood Burning Cooking Stoves
April 2008

Test Results of Cook Stove Performance
Aprovecho Research Center, PCIA, Shell Foundation, USEPA
2011

The Influence of Initial Fuel Load on Fuel to Cook for Batch Loaded Charcoal Stoves

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Samuel Bentson, Dean Still, Ryan Thompson, Kelley Grabow, Energy for Sustainable Development.

2012