A comprehensive review and a systematic approach to enhance the performance of improved cookstove (ICS)
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A comprehensive review and a systematic approach to enhance the performance of improved cookstove (ICS) Shebaz A. Memon1 · Meet S. Jaiswal1 · Yuvan Jain1 · Vaibhav Acharya1 · Darshit S. Upadhyay1 Received: 7 November 2019 / Accepted: 20 April 2020 © Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2020
Abstract The biomass has been the choice of the heat source for cooking purposes since ancient times. The inefficient combustion process in traditional cookstoves has its shortcomings in the form of adverse consequences on human health and pollution of the environment. Research and development of improved cookstove, for those who are yet to adopt the cleaner fuels for the cooking, has occupied the scientific community and social workers alike to improve the conditions of these people. Most people who live in urban settings are using natural/petroleum gas or electricity for cooking. On the other hand, a large section of the people living in the hinterlands continue to use traditional cookstoves, which are of low efficiency and create indoor air pollution, which leads to severe health issues. To overcome these issues, many researchers have proposed various designs for improved cookstoves. This paper summarizes the available literature related to different cookstove designs, performance and emissions. The review covers detailed discussion on various parameters to enhance the performance of biomass cookstoves. In addition to that a comparison of different types of cookstoves, different fuels used in them, their efficiency and particulate matter emissions are studied. This paper also explores the possibility of the implementation of additional accessories such as thermoelectric generators. Keywords Improved cookstove · Biomass · Performance parameter · Design · Thermoelectric generator
Introduction As per the global scenario, 2.7 billion people heavily depend on the traditional biomass cookstove for cooking purposes, with the major share from developing countries [1–3] of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Improved cookstoves have been developed, which significantly reduced emissions of harmful gases and increased thermal efficiency. Every year due to emissions produced by traditional stoves in the developing countries results in approximately 1.6–4 million deaths annually [4, 5]. The harmful emissions exhausted from traditional stoves are reported to claim the lives of many children under the age of 5 years, which is grave concern [6]. Because of the limited resources, people use solid fuels such as wood, animal dung, rice husk and crop residue * Darshit S. Upadhyay [email protected]; [email protected] 1
throughout the developing world [7]. The fabrication and widespread adaption of the cookstove like top-lit updraft could be the way to overcome the problem of emissions [8]. The particulate matter emissions from traditional cookstoves have a notable impact on the climate. According to the 2011 Census of India [9], 67.2% of the total households used solid fuels and 88% of these households are in rural India.
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