Evolutions in Gaseous and Liquid Fuel Cook-Stove Technologies

Evolutions in Gaseous and Liquid Fuel Cook-Stove Technologies

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The rapidly growing global demand for pollutant-free cooking energy has proliferated the research and development of energy efficient and clean cook-stoves.This paper presents a comprehensive review on the gradual improvements in cook-stove designs, focusing on gaseous and liquid fuel-operated cook-stoves around the world.Various literatures concerning rubbermaid 8 gallon trash can the technical aspects such as design and testing, are brought together to provide an insight into the present status of developments in cook-stoves.This review of cook-stove performance covers topics such as stable operating conditions, flame propagation aspects, heat transfer and temperature distribution within the burner, fuel consumption, thermal efficiency, and emissions.Covering both laboratory-scale and field studies, the here various cook-stove technologies reported so far are summarized with relevant comments regarding their commercial viabilities.

The numerical modeling of combustion in cook-stoves; human health and the environmental impacts of unclean cooking technologies; and various schemes, strategies, and governmental initiatives for the promotion of cleaner cooking practices are also presented, with suggestions for future work.