[Stoves] Chimney Chula

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Xavier

>Do you know any stove or any way to build a stove which would be small,
even if it needs to deliver high power to cook on big pots? 

You can build the stove to one side and pipe the hot gases into the side and
under the pot, exiting on the other side into a chimney. This, in essence,
is what the modified Mongolian coal stoves do when heating water (for space
heating).

Cooking height is very important to many cultures. Fan stoves hold a lot of
promise getting the height down because you are able to produce a compact,
intense flame.

>Have you faced user acceptance issues because of the stove size ?

Nearly all stoves developers working in India have been facing that
challenge. It seems to be a bigger problem there than in many other places
which are more interested in looks, power and 'pride of ownership'.

Many really inexpensive stoves are short because they are simple and don't
have much flame space, and they use little material, but they could often be
shortened further.

The JIKO is not as short as it could be - it only needs a small amount of
space for ash and air under the grate. Fashion is probably has as much to do
with it as blindly imitating our fathers.

Regards
Crispin