Sustainable Cooking Based on a 3 kW Air-Forced Multifuel Gasification Stove Using Alternative Fuels Obtained from Agricultural Wastes

Elías Hurtado Pérez, Oscar Mulumba Ilunga, David Alfonso Solar, María Cristina Moros Gómez and Paula Bastida-Molina
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Elías Hurtado Pérez: Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ingeniería Energética, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia UPV, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Oscar Mulumba Ilunga: Mechanical Department, Higher Institution of Applied Techniques ISTA, Kinshasa, Congo
David Alfonso Solar: Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ingeniería Energética, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia UPV, 46022 Valencia, Spain
María Cristina Moros Gómez: Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ingeniería Energética, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia UPV, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Paula Bastida-Molina: Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ingeniería Energética, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia UPV, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 18, 1-15

Abstract: In this research work, a 3 kW stove based on biomass gasification, together with a fuel obtained from agriculture wastes as an alternative to the commonly used charcoal, have been developed looking for sustainable cooking in poor communities. Alternative fuel (BSW) are briquettes obtained by carbonization and densification of agricultural solid wastes. Two laboratory methods, water boil test (WBT) and controlled kitchen test (CCT) were used to analyze the performance of this approach by comparing the proposed improved stove (ICS-G) with the traditional one (TCS), when using both types of fuels: charcoal and BSW. Results indicate that consumption of charcoal decreases by 61% using the improved ICS-G stove instead of the traditional TCS. Similar fuel savings are obtained when using BSW fuels. BSW fuel allows for a carbon monoxide (CO) emission reduction of 41% and 67%, and fine particles (PM) in a 84% and 93%, during the high and low power phases of the tests, respectively. Use of BSW fuel and ICS-G stove instead of the TCS stove with charcoal, provides a cooking time reduction of 18%, savings of $353.5 per year per family in the purchase of fuel, and an emission reduction of 3.2 t CO 2 /year.family.

Keywords: cook stove; alternative fuel; gasification; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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