Clean Cooking Catalog

Test result: BioLite HomeStove

Stove and fuel

Stove

BioLite HomeStove

Stove characteristics

Non-traditional, Household, Portable, Side-feed, Fan, Pot skirt, Thermoelectric generator

Fuel type

Wood

Fuel moisture content

not available

Fuel net calorific value

not available

Test information

Test details

not available

Testing organization

Berkeley Air Monitoring Group

Reporting type

Third party

Country

Uganda

Year performed

2015

Test environment

Field

Altitude

not available

Number of replicate tests

11

Source information

Citation

Garland, C., Delapena, S., Prasad, R., L’Orange, C., Alexander, D., & Johnson, M. (2017). Black carbon cookstove emissions: A field assessment of 19 stove/fuel combinations. Atmospheric Environment, 169, 140–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.08.040

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

Emissions

Metric	Value	SD (σ)	C_v
BC emissions factor (1)	0.038 g/MJ	0.022	0.58
BC emissions factor (2)	0.69 g/kg fuel	0.39	0.57
OC emissions factor (2)	2.4 g/kg fuel	3.2	1.33