Lessons learned from a comparison study of charcoal stoves for Haiti

Lask, Kathleen; Booker, Kayje; Gadgil, Ashok

doi:10.1016/j.seta.2017.02.008

Lessons learned from a comparison study of charcoal stoves for Haiti

Journal Article · Tue Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2017.02.008· OSTI ID:1821147

Lask, Kathleen ^[1]; Booker, Kayje ^[2]; Gadgil, Ashok ^[1]

University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Biomass is the predominant cooking fuel in Haiti, where it creates burdens on both the environment and the Haitian people. Following the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, the need for fuel-efficient cookstoves was acute. Although several organizations were quite interested in dissemination of fuel-efficient stoves in the relief effort, there was little knowledge about the performance and usability of the proposed stoves. To help fill the knowledge gap, stove researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory evaluated and compared the performance of several cookstoves intended for dissemination in Haiti. This paper discusses the decisions made throughout the course of that work, from project identification and approach through the dissemination of results. It identifies the challenges faced and how they were addressed, while briefly presenting the data from stove performance evaluated using Water Boiling and Controlled Cooking Tests. Furthermore, it also highlights the importance and benefits of evaluating technologies such as cookstoves prior to dissemination, even in urgent disaster relief situations.

Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Air Force Office of Scientific Research; National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship; USDOE; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1821147

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1496471

Journal Information:: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Journal Name: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Vol. 22; ISSN 2213-1388

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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