Test result
Water boiling test (WBT)
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Stove and fuel
Stove description
Modified VITA. Similar to the Baldwin VITA, but with an inner collar of perforated sheet metal that reduces the diameter of the fire chamber. The pot supports are within the stove as well as on the top to hold larger pots.
Stove characteristics
Non-traditional
Fuel type
Wood
Fuel moisture content
not available
Fuel net calorific value
not available
Test information
Test details
WBT-3.0, 5 Liters Boiled
Testing organization
Aprovecho Research Center
Reporting type
Not available
Country
United States
Year performed
2010
Test environment
Lab
Altitude
not available
Number of replicate tests
3
Source information
Citation
MacCarty, N., D. Still, and D. Ogle. 2010. Fuel Use and Emissions Performance of Fifty Cooking Stoves in the Laboratory and Related Benchmarks of Performance. Energy for Sustainable Development 14: 161-171. / Aprovecho Research Center (2011). Test Results of Cookstove Performance (Washington, D.C.: Partnership for Clean Indoor Air).
Source data
not available
Test result IWA tiers of performance
Show subtiers
unrated
Emissions
unrated
Efficiency
unrated
Indoor emissions
unrated
Safety
Performance metrics
Efficiency, energy consumption and fuel use
Metric Value SD (σ) Cv
Specific energy consumption 20400.0 kJ/task
Fuel consumed 1062.0 g/task
Output
Metric Value SD (σ) Cv
Mean time to boil 16.5 min
Emissions
Metric Value SD (σ) Cv
CO emissions factor (2) 32.9566855 g/kg fuel