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3. To make necessary improvements in terms of heat conversion efficiency,
ease of operation and durability for three generic types of stove;
namely, charcoal, wood, and rice husk/agriresidue.
4. To develop an improved stove production technique suitable for present
small scale and medium scale rural industries.
5. To disseminate information, improved hardware and/or technology generated
by this study to stove users, manufacturers, and the general public.
E. POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
The potential benefits expected to be gained by the people who live in
rural areas of Thailand are:
1. Decrease in national overall fuelwood consumption, and hence, an indirect
decrease in the rate of deforestation.
2. Helping stimulate the establishment of indigenous renewable sources of
energy in community, village and private woodlots through the popular
employment of efficient biomass cooking stoves.
3. Retarding the rate of increase of imported petroleum derived cooking
fuels.
4. Reduction of cooking time as well as ease of cooking through the use of
highly efficient stoves and also a plausible reduction in kitchen air
pollutants due to mre complete combustion of the fuel.
5. Individual savings on stove costs and woodfuel costs due
life and better efficiency.
to longer service
6. The improvement of material and technology for constructing the developed
stoves combined with the better understanding of stove operation, care,
and maintenance will altogether help the economy of stove producers and
users in the long run.
F. SCOPE OF WORK
The stove improvement component project was designed to invertigate types
of biomass fuels and types of cooking stoves. Charcoal, wood, and rice husk
are the prominent biomass fuels used in Thailand and, hence, were to be
selected for this study. The popular types of cooking stoves among users and
those which are strictly used for household cooking were to be chosen for stove
development. A detailed scope of work which includes laboratory set up, stove
testing, analyses of stove performance, designs of developed models,
construction and fabrication, and stove promotion follows. These lists
present the steps that were to be taken for all aspects of the project.
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