Aprovecho Research Center eNewsletter

Iterative Development: Addressing Health & Climate Change Thanks to the Osprey Foundation, ARC

World Health Organization Indoor Air Quality Guidelines: Household Fuel Combustion, 2014 A “Cut and

Achieving Turn Down Ratio in Cooking & Heating Stoves Do not burn the rice! A stick fed cook

Turndown Ratio (TDR) in Cooking and Heating Stoves A cook stove can require a ~three to one turndown

South/North Biomass It has been fascinating to cross-pollinate learnings from biomass cook stoves

ARC Assists CSIR-Ghana in Capacity-Building In the first week of October, ARC Research and

Hardware, Software & Wetware Hardware includes the physical parts of a computer. Software is the

Tuning up Health/Climate Heating Stoves and Cook Stoves Travis Volpe and Kim Still in the Osprey Lab

Expanding the Three T's (Again) A static mixer designed by Kirk Harris Perhaps, Time, Temperature

Working Towards "Zero Green Premium" Stoves ARC is working on three types of Zero Green

Stick Size Matters! Small sticks make higher temperature gases, better for heat transfer efficiency,

Increased Air Exchange Rate Protects Health Sunken pot, 50% thermal efficiency cook stove with

Heat Transfer Efficiency! Wow, heat transfer efficiency is easy to understand! Read on… Raising the

Visiting SSM New SSM Health/Climate Biomass Heating Stove Buildings At the link below you'll find

Durability Testing at SSM Year-long durability testing with real fires I just returned to the Oregon

Clean Burning: Increased Carbon Revenue? Using the ISO testing protocols, Champion (2021)* reported

Appreciating Local Expertise Cooking over an open fire in Ghana. (Photo: Global Alliance for Clean

Deforestation, Health, Climate Catching up to changing stove expectations reminds me of human

Black and White Smoke Biomass: Captured sunlight Wood burning cookstoves make smoke and many

Short-lived Climate Forcers and Climate Change It is not difficult to estimate the emissions of Black

Lab Tests: Cooking and Heating Stoves Unfortunately, although introductions to lab tests warn that

Over The Moon A couple of weeks ago, Claudia Truesdell and Shane Washburn from Google's X – The

Turn Down Ratio: Cooking and Heating Stoves The successful stove delivers the needed amount of heat

Dr. Tom Reed: “Smoking Backwards” Our beautiful friend Tom Reed (1926-2018) at a Winter Stove Camp

Rocket Bread Oven Click for YouTube video I ran across this old video when exploring Rocket stoves on

Clean Burning of Biomass Scotland has banned the use of climate polluting home heating systems such

HOT! Boman reports that temperatures above 850°C, in a 5kW combustion zone combined with air rich and

Ice Storm 2024! On January 14, ARC staff experienced a catastrophe when ice brought down about one

COP 28: Near-zero emissions in global building sector thermal image of a house juxtaposed with

Part 2 - EPA's Lab Test Results for Household Cookstoves, Jim Jetter, 2012 Since 2012, optimized