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    Understanding Stoves
    Understanding Stoves
    Understanding Stoves
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    Understanding Stoves

    By Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka

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    This book presents the results of a decade of dedicated promotion and experimentation with fuel efficient stoves in India by my friend Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka. Sai Bhaskar’s approach has been original in many ways. He has investigated the different mixes of biomass used in different areas of India – not just fuel wood but also leaves, dung, pellets, briquettes, seeds and other materials. He then designed the different stoves accordingly. Sai Bhaskar also looked at different products from the stoves – obviously the direct heating but also the possibility of producing charcoal (Biochar) as a by-product from the stoves. This work is not lab-based but undertaken in the promotion campaigns he has been involved within Andhra Pradesh and parts of other states in India. The relevance of this work is large. Many people are and will remain dependent on local biomass for their daily needs. This issue of biomass has often associated with the degradation of the surrounding environment: the depletion of natural tree stands or the loss of nutrients to the growing cycle. It has also been associated with hardship: collecting biomass – typically by women – over large areas, and health issues because of excessive smoke from in-house fires.

    For all these reasons I am very happy that this book of ‘The Stove Man’ could be prepared, to share the praxis-based knowledge developed by a unique innovator and to serve as a source of inspiration and new ideas for those working in energy and development. We hope that this book gives an impulse to the constant effort to make lives better and richer.

    - Frank van Steenbergen, MetaMeta, Netherlands.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka
    Release dateJun 16, 2016
    ISBN9781311780133
    Understanding Stoves
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    Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka

    I am involved in Environment and Development work for the past 25 years. Contributing to Climate Resilience, Environmental Sustainability, Disaster Risk Reduction, Rural Energy - good stoves, biochar, Water Resources, and Agriculture. An innovator, writer, podcaster, lecturer, presenter, and development professional.

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      Book preview

      Understanding Stoves - Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka

      UNDERSTANDING STOVES

      For Environment and Humanity

      by Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy

      1st eBook Edition, released 2016

      This is an ‘Open Knowledge’ book as declared by the author.

      saibhaskarnakka@gmail.com | http://goostove.com

      Note: The author drew sketches and mostly took the photos presented in this book.

      For ‘The Earth’

      Foreword

      This book presents the results of a decade of dedicated promotion and experimentation with fuel efficient stoves in India by my friend Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka. Sai Bhaskar’s approach has been original in many ways. He has investigated the different mixes of biomass used in different areas of India – not just fuel wood but also leaves, dung, pellets, briquettes, seeds and other materials. He then adjusted designed the different stoves accordingly. Sai Bhaskar also looked at different products from the stoves – obviously the direct heating but also the possibility of producing charcoal (Biochar) as a by-product from the stoves. This work is not lab-based but undertaken in the promotion campaigns he has been involved within Andhra Pradesh and parts of other states in Southern India.

      The relevance of this work is large. Many people are and will remain dependent on local biomass for their daily needs. This issue of biomass has often associated with the degradation of the surrounding environment: the depletion of natural tree stands or the loss of nutrients to the growing cycle. It has also been associated with hardship: collecting biomass – typically by women – over large areas – and health issues because of excessive smoke from in-house fires. Because of such reasons the constant improvement of household stoves and stoves used in restaurants institutions and others is as much required as developing new methods of energy production – be it from algae, solar, the earth’s heat, water currents or winds – or safe methods to extract fossil fuel.

      Moreover, there are important developments to make biomass consumption more and more renewable. In several areas I have seen farmers starting to grow fuel wood on a commercial base – either on field boundaries or as special plantations. We recently came across this in Yemen where farmers had set up acacia plantations with the main aim to produce charcoal.

      For all these reasons I am very happy that this book of ‘The Stove Man" could be prepared – to share the praxis-based knowledge developed by a unique innovator and to serve as a source of inspiration and new ideas for those working in energy and development. We hope that this book gives an impulse to the constant effort to make lives better and richer not just in India but also beyond.

      Frank van Steenbergen

      MetaMeta

      Paardskerkhofweg 14

      5223 AJ 's-Hertogenbosch

      The Netherlands

      www.metameta.nl

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Understanding Stoves

      My Journey into Stoves

      Biomass Stoves for Sanctity

      Facilitating Good Stoves

      Biomass Fuel for Stoves

      Cooking Conditions

      Fuel Feeding

      Physical Aspects of Stove

      Size of Stove

      Stove Material and Efficiency

      Capacity of Domestic Stoves

      Flame

      Combustion Process

      Colour of Flame

      Behaviour of Flame

      Thermal Aspects

      Conduction

      Convection

      Radiation

      No Smoking

      Soot and Smoke

      Emissions

      Air for Combustion

      Primary Air

      Side Air

      Secondary Air

      Tertiary Air

      Burners

      Concentrators

      Air Controls

      Grate and Stove Bottom

      Pots and Efficiency

      Heat Transfer

      Foils for Pot

      Pot Sizes

      Pot Rest

      Air Gap

      Skirts for Pots

      Chimney Stoves

      Special Features in Stoves

      Charcoal from Stoves

      Facilitation of Domestic Stoves

      Institutional Stoves

      Preparations for Installation

      Installation of Stoves

      Stove Efficiency

      Adoption Factors

      Honour of Stove

      Stovers

      Designing Stoves

      Comparing Stoves with a Home

      Testing Stoves

      Who can Test Stoves?

      Promoting Stoves

      Right Price

      Marketing Strategies

      Enterprises

      Stoves for Chicken!

      Stoves as part of Education

      Media

      One Billion Good Stoves

      Notes

      Acknowledgements

      References

      Other books by the Author

      About the Author

      Picture 1 A school Girl cooking food for the family

      Introduction

      This book draws from my seven-year journey towards understanding stoves and the people using them. It gathers my experiences, observations and insights into stoves. This work has given me immense happiness, for I believe it can help the cause of environment and humanity. I was involved in designing stoves, improving existing stoves, testing stoves and conducting studies. During the course, I interacted with communities and worked with them: creating awareness, sensitivity and on capacity development.

      According to World Health Organisation (WHO, 2011), around 3 billion people cook and heat their homes using open fires and leaky stoves that burn biomass (about 2.7 billion use wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal. Nearly 2 million people die prematurely from illnesses related to indoor air pollution from household solid fuel use. Nearly 50% of pneumonia deaths among children under five are due to particulate matter inhaled from indoor air pollution. More than 1 million people a year die from chronic obstructive respiratory disease (COPD) that develops due to exposure to such indoor air pollution. Both women and men exposed to heavy indoor smoke are 2-3 times more likely to develop COPD. Given this, it is estimated that there is a need for about 1 billion good stoves across the globe.

      In India alone, about 570,000 premature deaths among poor women and children every year, and over 4% of India's estimated greenhouse emissions are attributed to the impacts of cook stoves.

      Picture 2 Smoke from stoves is a hazard for women

      Understanding stoves

      Improving stoves is an effective way of improving the environment and serving communities. My work in this area provided me a great opportunity to meet a diversity of people and visit many places. Some of the primary stakeholders I could meet were the poorest of the poor: tribal communities living in remote areas, rural communities, people living in urban slums, sex workers, artisans etc. Besides, I also met representatives of various government / non-governmental organizations, policy makers and scientists.

      Picture 3 People living on pavements, cook food on the road. Location: Mumbai City, India

      I had never imagined that I would be exposed to such a mosaic of human beings and

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