super turbo rice husk stove for small-cottage industry use

SUPER TURBO RICE HUSK STOVE FOR SMALL-COTTAGE INDUSTRY USEEngr. Alexis T. BelonioCollege of Agriculture - Appropriate Technology CenterCentral Philippine UniversityIloilo CityGood news and glory to God!A larger-scale super turbo rice husk stove thatinjects super-heated steam into the burningchamber was recently developed for smallcottage industry use. By injecting superheatedsteam into the stove’s burningchamber, a luminous pinkish-flame, which isrich in hydrogen gas, is obtained. Whilecooking, the stove produces clean gas that isreleased to the atmosphere.This technology is another breakthrough inbiomass stove research and development ofthe Appropriate Technology Center of theDepartment of Agricultural Engineering andEnvironmental Management, College ofAgriculture, Central Philippine University, Iloilo City. This project wascollaboratively assisted by the following agricultural engineering students of CPUnamely: Daniel Belonio, LucioLarano, Ian John Fabellore, MarkAlvin Almazan, and Clark IanSansolis.As schematically shown below,the stove consists of a conicalhopper that is made of GI sheetno. 16 where rice husk is beingfed for burning inside thecombustion chamber, a 5 litercapacity steam tank which boilsthe water and converts it intosuper-heated steam, acombustion chamber coverhaving a diameter of 30 cm that also supports the steam tank, a 2-in. diameter airpipe which supplies the air needed for the combustion of rice husk, a chardischarge lever that allows the removal of burnt rice husk during operation, a