Test result
Water boiling test (WBT)
all test results
Stove and fuel
Stove description
Root-imet, a portable metal non-chimney woodstove with a single pothole developed in 1983 by Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore, India. In 1991, the stove was brought under Indian standards (BIS 1991).
Stove characteristics
Non-traditional
Fuel type
Wood
Fuel description
Calligonium poligonidus (Root fuel)
Fuel moisture content
not available
Fuel net calorific value
15.5 MJ/kg
Test information
Test details
not available
Testing organization
University of California, Berkeley
Reporting type
Not available
Country
India
Year performed
2000
Test environment
Lab
Altitude
not available
Number of replicate tests
3
Source information
Citation
Smith, Kirk R., R. Uma, V.V.N. Kishore, K. Lata, V. Joshi, Junfeng Zhang, R.A. Rasmussen, and M.A.K. Khalil. 2000. GREENHOUSE GASES FROM SMALL-SCALE COMBUSTION DEVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: PHASE IIA Household Stoves in India. Environmental Protection Agency (June).
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 21.159 g/MJ-del
IWA high power PM 333.197 mg/MJ-del
IWA indoor emissions  
Metric Value SD (σ) Cv
IWA CO 0.984 g/min
IWA PM 15.498 mg/min
Emissions
Metric Value SD (σ) Cv
CH4 emissions factor (2) 3.501 g/kg fuel
CO emissions factor (2) 74.68 g/kg fuel
CO emissions rate 0.984155039 g/min