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Dr Sushil Sharma
Generally speaking, TreeHuggers are fans of efficiency, and we are
obsessive about recycling. So you'd think we'd be all over a design
that can be made from recycled materials, costs pennies, and can boil
water quickly and efficiently with only a few twigs for fuel. Yet
strangely, it seems we have covered very little about Rocket Stoves.
Sure - there are posts on both the Envirofit Cookstove and the
Turbocooker, both of which seem to follow similar principles - but it
seems like we've not talked about the concept from which these designs
stem. I'll make a start at correcting this oversight.
Designed as an efficient alternative to the typical 3-stone fire, the
rocket stove was apparently invented by Dr Winiarski of the Aprovecho
Research Centre, a non-profit dedicated to developing low tech
appropriate technology solutions for heating and cooking in the
developing world. The stove is based on some simple principles:
- Insulating everywhere around the fire except where heat passes the
cooking pot.
- Ensuring a good flow of air into the firebox.
- Using thin wood and burning only small amounts at a time for
complete combustion.
- Forcing hot air down narrow passages around the cookpot.
Here's a little more from the ever-informative Wikipedia about Rocket
Stoves and their benefits:
Compared with open fire cooking methods still used in many areas of
the world (sometimes known as 'three stone fire' - a small fire
contained by three or more rocks such that a pot or pan can rest on
the flames), this stove operates on about half as much fuel, and
produces substantially less smoke. Furthermore, the design of the
stove requires small diameter lengths of wood, which can generally be
satisfied with small branches. As such, sufficient fuel for cooking
tasks can be gathered in less time, without the benefit of tools, and
ideally without the destruction of forested areas.
Because these qualities improve local air quality, and discourage
deforestation, the rocket stove has attracted the attention of a
number of Appropriate Technology concerns, which have deployed it in
numerous third-world locales (notably, the Rwandan refugee camps).
This attention has resulted in a number of adaptations intended to
improve convenience and safety, and thus the size of the target
audience. The Justa Stove[1], for example, is a cousin of the rocket
stove adapted for indoor use and family cooking needs. While it
contains a 'rocket elbow' (the working core of a Rocket Stove), it
differs in that it contains a flat griddle surface and a simple
smokestack.
There’s tons of info on the net
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On 3/8/12, Alpana Bhartia <alpana...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is a rocket chullah?
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Sushil Sharma <aaroh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You are invited to view Sushil Sharma's photo album: Chullahs, Masseovn
>> and Rocket
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>> Chullahs, Masseovn and Rocket Stoves
>> Kumaon Himalayas -
>> Mar 7, 2012
>> by *Sushil Sharma*
>> Women in rural areas spend a few hours every day collecting wood as fuel
>> for cooking and heating. In mountain homes, the major need is for cooking.
>> Even today, many women cook in open fireplaces inside their homes, which
>> get filled with smoke. Women and children particularly inhale this smoke
>> through their lives making it a major cause of respiratory illness and
>> also
>> death.
>> View
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Dr Sushil Sharma
Aarohi
Village Satoli, P.O. Peora
District Nainital, Uttarakhand 263138
www.aarohi.org
Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief.
Do justly, now.
Love mercy, now.
Walk humbly, now.
You are not obligated to complete the work,
But neither are you free to abandon it.
Talmud
Alpana Bhartia
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Message from Sushil Sharma:
Developing our understanding of efficient processes of combustion in an effort to reduce smoke in the kitchen and drudgery of head-loading wood for the women from the Kumaon Himalayas. Great 3 day workshop conducted by Mr Salunke of ARTI, Pune. The months ahead will show us our learning and give us experience to spread this work.
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Developing our understanding of efficient processes of combustion in an effort to reduce smoke in the kitchen and drudgery of head-loading wood for the women from the Kumaon Himalayas. Great 3 day workshop conducted by Mr Salunke of ARTI, Pune. The months ahead will show us our learning and give us experience to spread this work.
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