TY - JOUR
KW - Cookstove
KW - Haiti
KW - Charcoal
KW - Water Boiling Test
KW - Controlled Cooking Test
AU - Kathleen M Lask
AU - Kayje Booker
AU - Taewon Han
AU - Jessica Granderson
AU - Nina Yang
AU - Cristina Ceballos
AU - Ashok J Gadgil
AB - <p>Charcoal cooking accounts for a large portion of Haiti's energy usage and leads to severe economic, health, and environmental hardships. Organizations are hoping that fuel-efficient cookstoves can help solve the problem. In this study, four charcoal cookstoves intended for dissemination in Haiti were rigorously assessed and compared using Water Boiling and Controlled Cooking Tests.</p><p>Due to the poor thermal efficiency of the traditional stove, all improved stoves saved fuel on average over the traditional with the majority also reducing the total emissions released. However, the traditional stove could be difficult to replace because it had the fastest time-to-boil, an important consideration for end users. Through the testing, the number of trials conducted was found to be an important consideration for error analysis. Also, noticeable differences in stove performance were seen between the two protocols, supporting arguments by prior researchers of the necessity to use multiple test protocols for practically useful comparisons.</p>
BT - Energy for Sustainable Development
DA - 06/2015
DO - 10.1016/j.esd.2015.02.002
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Charcoal cooking accounts for a large portion of Haiti's energy usage and leads to severe economic, health, and environmental hardships. Organizations are hoping that fuel-efficient cookstoves can help solve the problem. In this study, four charcoal cookstoves intended for dissemination in Haiti were rigorously assessed and compared using Water Boiling and Controlled Cooking Tests.</p><p>Due to the poor thermal efficiency of the traditional stove, all improved stoves saved fuel on average over the traditional with the majority also reducing the total emissions released. However, the traditional stove could be difficult to replace because it had the fastest time-to-boil, an important consideration for end users. Through the testing, the number of trials conducted was found to be an important consideration for error analysis. Also, noticeable differences in stove performance were seen between the two protocols, supporting arguments by prior researchers of the necessity to use multiple test protocols for practically useful comparisons.</p>
PY - 2015
SP - 79 
EP -  86
ST - Energy for Sustainable Development
T2 - Energy for Sustainable Development
TI - Performance comparison of charcoal cookstoves for Haiti: Laboratory testing with Water Boiling and Controlled Cooking Tests
VL - 26
SN - 09730826
ER -