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In this study, SPRERI gasifier stove and double pot improved household cookstove were tested with Jatropha shell. Thermal performance and pollutant emissions during water boiling test were evaluated. Jatropha shell combust properly in SPRERI gasifier stove and thermal efficiency was recorded about 31.10%. In case of double pot improved cookstove mixed fuel (1:1) Jatropha shell and babul wood was used for testing and its thermal efficiency was about 22.88%. Lower pollutant emissions were recorded in double pot improved cookstove as compared to SPRERI gasifier stove. Developed stove have acceptable durability, affordable cost, and meet needs of domestic energy requirement. Results of this study may be useful for improving the design of existing stoves and for developing new stove designs. Implications of better agro residue based cookstoves are improved human health, reduced fuel use, reduced deforestation, and reduced global climate change, apart from recovery energy from such agro residues which are not used as animal feed and are disposed off under non-hygienic conditions.
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Abbreviations
- η:
-
Efficiency of cookstove (%)
- M:
-
Total quantity of water heated at desired temperature (90°C) in kg, excluding the quantity of water heated in the last pot = (No. of pots of water heated × quantity of water used each time in kg)
- Cp :
-
Specific heat of the water (1 kcal/kg)
- Tx :
-
Maximum temperature at which water was heated, (i.e. 90°C)
- Tw :
-
Initial temperature of water (°C)
- m:
-
Quantity of water taken in last pot (kg)
- Tb :
-
Highest temperature of water attained in the last pot (°C)
- M1 :
-
Total amount of water evaporated (kg)
- H:
-
Latent heat of vaporization (586.4359 kcal/kg)
- W:
-
Amount of fuel burnt (kg)
- Hc :
-
Calorific value of the fuel used (wood/briquette) (kcal/kg)
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The authors are grateful to Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Govt. of India for providing support for this research under All India Coordinated Research Project on Renewable Energy Sources and SPRERI, Vallabh Vidya Nagar for sparing one unit of biomass cookstove for evaluating its performance.
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Panwar, N.L. Performance Evaluation of Developed Domestic Cook Stove with Jatropha Shell. Waste Biomass Valor 1, 309–314 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-010-9040-8
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