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Multiple biomass fuels and improved cook stoves from Tanzania assessed with the Water Boiling Test

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dc.creator Grimsby, Lars K.
dc.creator Rajabu, Hassan
dc.creator Treiber, Michael U.
dc.date 2016-07-12T19:52:16Z
dc.date 2016-07-12T19:52:16Z
dc.date 2016-04
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:38:02Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:38:02Z
dc.identifier Grimsby, L.K., Rajabu, H.M. and Treiber, M.U., 2016. Multiple biomass fuels and improved cook stoves from Tanzania assessed with the Water Boiling Test. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 14, pp.63-73.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3156
dc.identifier 10.1016/j.seta.2016.01.004
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3156
dc.description Full text can be accessed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213138816000060
dc.description Improved cook stoves can reduce fuel consumption and indoor air pollution, but are not always used as expected. A household survey in rural Tanzania showed that cooking fuels such as firewood and charcoal were supplemented with agricultural residues, and households combined improved and traditional stoves. The WBT was used to assess 7 biomass fuels in 6 stoves. Maize stalks and cobs, and stalks from sunflower showed similar burning parameters to firewood, cow dung significantly different. Ash made agricultural residues unsuitable in improved firewood stoves. The three stone fire was versatile, an advantage where fuels are limited. Okoa-II with firewood was significantly more efficient than the three stone fire, whereas Okoa-I showed no improvement. Improved charcoal stove Jiko Bora was not significantly better than its traditional counterpart. PM across fuels corresponded with «the energy ladder»; CO to lesser degree. A local sawdust stove was functional and is increasingly common in Tanzania. Where access to energy is limited by poverty and multiple fuels are utilised, dissemination of a range of stoves optimised for specific fuels or conversely a cook stove as versatile as the open fireplace, may improve cooking conditions.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.subject Biomass
dc.subject Improved cook stoves
dc.subject Water Boiling Test
dc.subject Energy ladder
dc.subject Indoor air pollution
dc.title Multiple biomass fuels and improved cook stoves from Tanzania assessed with the Water Boiling Test
dc.type Journal Article


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