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Sustainable Cooking Based on a 3 KW Air-Forced Multifuel Gasification Stove Using Alternative Fuels Obtained from Agricultural Wastes
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | El, ías Pérez Mar, ía Gómez Ilunga, Oscar Solar, David Bastida-Molina, Paula |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | In this research work, a 3 kW stove based on biomass gasification, together with a fuel obtained from agriculture wastes as an alternative to the commonly used charcoal, have been developed looking for sustainable cooking in poor communities. Alternative fuel (BSW) are briquettes obtained by carbonization and densification of agricultural solid wastes. Two laboratory methods, water boil test (WBT) and controlled kitchen test (CCT) were used to analyze the performance of this approach by comparing the proposed improved stove (ICS-G) with the traditional one (TCS), when using both types of fuels: charcoal and BSW. Results indicate that consumption of charcoal decreases by 61% using the improved ICS-G stove instead of the traditional TCS. Similar fuel savings are obtained when using BSW fuels. BSW fuel allows for a carbon monoxide (CO) emission reduction of 41% and 67%, and fine particles (PM) in a 84% and 93%, during the high and low power phases of the tests, respectively. Use of BSW fuel and ICS-G stove instead of the TCS stove with charcoal, provides a cooking time reduction of 18%, savings of $353.5 per year per family in the purchase of fuel, and an emission reduction of 3.2 t CO2/year.family. |
| Starting Page | 7723 |
| e-ISSN | 20711050 |
| DOI | 10.3390/su12187723 |
| Journal | Sustainability |
| Issue Number | 18 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2020-09-18 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Sustainability Paper and Wood Cook Stove Alternative Fuel Gasification |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
