Micro-gasification: Cooking with gas from biomass - Amper
Micro-gasification: Cooking with gas from biomass - Amper
Micro-gasification: Cooking with gas from biomass - Amper
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<strong>Micro</strong>-<strong><strong>gas</strong>ification</strong>: <strong>Cooking</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>gas</strong> <strong>from</strong> dry <strong>biomass</strong><br />
2.2 Prototypes <strong>with</strong> certain field testing and potential for local adaptation and<br />
production<br />
This category comprises conceptualised micro-<strong>gas</strong>ifiers that<br />
achieved a certain level of field-outreach through artisanal production<br />
have prototypes ready for industrial or artisanal production in a new area<br />
do not depend on external power sources but function <strong>with</strong> natural draft<br />
are based on easily replicable, publicly available plans and instructions<br />
The following list is only a non-inclusive selection; there are more designs out there:<br />
Type Designed by Name of stove Current known field-outreach<br />
Paal Wendelbo PekoPe and MUS Uganda, Zambia, (Haiti?)<br />
Portable<br />
Paul Anderson Champion<br />
India, Cambodia, Uganda, Mozambique,<br />
Malawi<br />
metal Art Donnelly FINCA Costa Rica<br />
Ravi Kumar ANILA India<br />
Sai Bhaskar Reddy MAGH series India<br />
Fixed<br />
brick<br />
Sai Bhaskar Reddy AVAN series India<br />
The selected designs are open source <strong>with</strong> downloadable plans or otherwise expertise<br />
available through the designer to assist in establishing a local production. Training of trainers<br />
can be facilitated, so that artisans get properly trained how to produce good quality <strong>gas</strong>ifiers,<br />
and the end-users can get trained how to handle the devices properly.<br />
A word of caution at this place: to assist in the introduction of micro-<strong>gas</strong>ifiers in a new context,<br />
it is advisable to get early practical advice <strong>from</strong> a skilled knowledge-bearer, who is very<br />
familiar <strong>with</strong> all the tricks of the technology:<br />
In a new context all the variables and influencing parameters that are to important stove<br />
performance will be different: altitude, fuel, dishes to be cooked, untrained users etc. With<br />
factory-finished products, the quality of the product should not constitute a ‗variable‘.<br />
Though, <strong>with</strong> a start of a new production, many additional variables are added to the equation<br />
like materials used for stove construction, dimensions of the burner, quality of craftsmanship<br />
etc. Small variations can sometimes make a big difference. In a new context, it is<br />
advisable to start <strong>with</strong> a small pilot and adapt the technology in a participatory process together<br />
<strong>with</strong> the communities and the assistance of a knowledge-bearer.<br />
HERA – GIZ Manual <strong>Micro</strong>-<strong><strong>gas</strong>ification</strong> Version 1.01 January 2011<br />
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