Test result
Water boiling test (WBT)
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Stove and fuel
Stove description
Improved Metal Stove
Stove characteristics
Non-traditional
Fuel type
Wood
Fuel description
Acacia nilotica (Wood)
Fuel moisture content
not available
Fuel net calorific value
16.2 MJ/kg
Test information
Test details
MWBT-VITA, Modified Test -- Boil 1.5 kg of water, 5 min. simmer.
Testing organization
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Reporting type
Not available
Country
India
Year performed
2001
Test environment
Lab
Altitude
not available
Number of replicate tests
4
Source information
Citation
Venkataraman, C., and G. U. M. Rao. 2001. Emission Factors of Carbon Monoxide and Size-resolved Aerosols from Biofuel Combustion. Environ Sci Technol 35 (10): 2100-2107.
Source data
not available
Test result IWA tiers of performance
Show subtiers
unrated
Emissions
unrated
Efficiency
unrated
Indoor emissions
unrated
Safety
Performance metrics
IWA emissions  
Metric Value SD (σ) Cv
IWA high power CO 0.765 g/MJ-del
IWA high power PM 76.471 mg/MJ-del
IWA indoor emissions  
Metric Value SD (σ) Cv
IWA CO 0.076 g/min
IWA PM 7.551 mg/min
Efficiency, energy consumption and fuel use
Metric Value SD (σ) Cv
Fuel consumed 210.0 g/task 30.0 0.14
Output
Metric Value SD (σ) Cv
Mean time to boil 26.0 min
Emissions
Metric Value SD (σ) Cv
CO emissions factor (2) 12.0 g/kg fuel 1.0 0.08
CO emissions rate 0.075508945 g/min 0.006292412 0.08