Clean Cooking Catalog

Stove and fuel

Stove description

Lao improved cookstove

Stove characteristics

Ceramic-lined, Non-traditional

Fuel type

Wood

Fuel description

Pine tree log (Wood), Sundried -- ranging from 25-50mm -- proximate and ultimate analysis in paper

Fuel moisture content

0.1%

Fuel net calorific value

19.5 MJ/kg

Test information

Test details

MWBT, Modified Test -- Boil ? kg of water, 30 min. simmer.

Testing organization

Asian Institute of Technology

Reporting type

Not available

Country

Thailand

Year performed

2002

Test environment

Lab

Altitude

not available

Number of replicate tests

5

Source information

Citation

Bhattacharya, S. C., D. O. Albina, and P. A. Salam. 2002a. Emission Factors of Wood and Charcoal-fired Cookstoves. Biomass & Bioenergy 23 (6): 453-469.

Source data

not available

Test result IWA tiers of performance

Show subtiers

unrated

Emissions

High power CO

—

Low power CO

—

High power PM 2.5

—

Low power PM 2.5

—

unrated

Efficiency

High power thermal efficiency

—

Low power specific consumption

—

unrated

Indoor emissions

High power indoor CO

—

Low power indoor CO

—

High power indoor PM 2.5

—

Low power indoor PM 2.5

—

unrated

Safety

No subtiers

Performance metrics

IWA emissions

Metric	Value	SD (σ)	C_v
IWA high power CO	14.465 g/MJ-del

Emissions

Metric	Value	SD (σ)	C_v
CH4 emissions factor (2)	6.0 g/kg fuel	0.6	0.1
CO emissions factor (2)	52.0 g/kg fuel	2.5	0.05