At the InStove HEARTH conference Sam Bentson gave a talk about how to make WBT laboratory test results of rocket stoves more repeatable. The presentation is available here, and the accompanying video may be viewed here. Thank you to InStove for organizing a great event.
Our friends at InStove are hosting a stove conference next weekend. We hope to see you there. Click below for the schedule, and read on to learn more. HEARTH_Schedule Household Energy and Renewable Technology for Humanity Conference to take place in coming weeks Thursday, August 17th to Sunday, August 20th in Cottage Grove, Oregon, InStove and Burn […]
ARC is involved with many cook stove projects around the world. Mostly we assist with technical information to improve emissions and performance and to set up stove laboratories. Once in a while we help commercial projects to manufacture stoves, get carbon credits, or write business plans. Each year we host at least one hands-on conference, “Stove Camp“, […]
Clean Burning Biomass Cookstoves: A Quick Summary The stove body and interior (including the combustion chamber) is low mass and insulative. The heat from the fire goes into the cooking process and is not diverted into the stove. The heat transfer efficiency is close to optimal resulting in over 40% thermal efficiency. One successful technique […]
Dr. Tom Reed: The Father of Clean Burning? Well, Tom is certainly one of a small group including Paal Wendelbo and Ron Larson who started making “Tier 4” stoves in the 1980’s. I think of Tom when I light his wonderful forced draft TLUD camp stove which I do to demonstrate a simple ‘no smoke’ […]
How to Install a Catalyst in an Existing Heating Stove When starting a cold stove the catalyst is disengaged from the gas stream by pulling on a steel rod. A green light will indicate when the stove gases are above 600F. The catalyst can then be engaged by pushing in the rod. In one experiment […]
Testing was designed to occur before manufacturing. 42 years after the International Standards were published, how many stove projects are spending a year or two in their project areas to make sure that the cooks love the intervention and that it decreases pneumonia before starting to make stoves? Testing the Efficiency of Wood Burning Cookstoves: […]
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