[Stoves] Ethanol gel stoves

[Philip Lloyd]

My experience with ethanol gel stoves has not been encouraging.  Most stove
designs pay no attention to proper mixing of fuel and air, but rely on pure
diffusion.  As a result, combustion is poor, there is an aldehyde stink, and
pots are blackened.

 

However, some of my friends have got the hots for this as a possible
solution.  Ahah! They say - bioethanol, then stoves, and communities can
cook cleanly and safely.

 

I have several reports of quite large scale experiments in the past (one
involved 4000 households), but I think the experimental design was weak in
every case. Does anyone in this group have any reports of sustainable
success, or alternatively failure and the reasons therefore?

 

Happy cooking all round,

 

Philip Lloyd

 

Energy Institute

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

 

 

 

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