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Mayon Turbo Stove and Lo Trau Stove 42<br />

Philippines, Commercial<br />

Crop<br />

Residue<br />

Process<br />

Equipment<br />

Main Product<br />

Rice, peanut, coffee, corn, coconut, wood<br />

Peanut shells, coffee shells, corn cobs, crushed<br />

coconut shells, and sawdust (mix at a level of 1/3-<br />

1/2 rice hull)<br />

Combustion<br />

Mayon Turbo Stove and Lo Trau Stove<br />

Heat for cooking<br />

Technical Description of Technology<br />

Detailed Process Description 43<br />

After a 3-5 minute start-up period, a blue or non-luminous flame was present<br />

throughout the inner cone of the MTS. Maintenance of the stove is also<br />

reduced, with tapping required only after approximately 7-10 minutes from<br />

start-up to introduce additional fuel. The stove is now thought to possess a<br />

near optimal air flow; there appears to be no excess air and no oxygen<br />

deficient areas of the cone or oxygen deficient periods during the entire burn<br />

cycle. Following start-up, smoke only begins to appear again when additional<br />

42 Sustainable Household Cooking in the Philippines , The Development of the Mayon Turbo Stove by: Roger<br />

Samson and Claudia Ho Lem, REAP-CANADA<br />

43 http://www.reap-canada.com/bio_and_climate_3_3_2.htm<br />

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