[Stoves] Maendeleo/Upesi stove: dimensions?

[Xavier Brandao]

Super, thanks Crispin.

Besides the Practical Action that Ingelore sent, I couldn't find 
anything online related to construction of the Upesi/Maendeleo and it's 
dimensions.
I would like to know what are the original recommended dimensions, but 
also the ones of all the stoves that were disseminated. There may be a 
difference, or not.

I remembered this conversation about the Keren Super (or is it Super 
Keren?) and the Indonesia stove program. I looked it up in my emails. 
You shared some info about the dimensions to Rebecca Vermeer, but I 
don't think you share them fully on the list? Nor the drawings?

Using Google, the stove presence remains discrete online, here there is a:
http://www.tungkuindonesia.org/en/news/2015/11/99/Clean-Cookstove-Models-that-have-Received-Government-Accreditation-in-the-Second-Period.html?month=01&day=01&year=2016&month=02&year=2016
Right next to our Prakti Double Burner!

Is the stove open source? Are you able to share freely the drawings and 
production instructions?

Hello Ingelore,

Thank you for the Practical Action document, I had read it, and I hadn't 
found mention of the complete dimensions, besides the pot rest mould. It 
would have been nice to have the full dimensions, once the stove is 
finished (so the artisan can check if the job was done properly).
For example, what is the size of the door? Can the full dimensions be 
found somewhere?

Thanks!

Hi Dale,

"My personal goal is to develop a stove that will burn long enough on a 
batch of fuel to bring the pot to boiling, then either simmer with 
minimal tending or (better yet) hold in most of the heat to simmer with 
the heat from the coals left from the high power burn. The stove would 
burn large or small wood and possibly wetter wood, which probably means 
a large combustion chamber. A chimney and a super stable pot would be 
nice, and I think that's possible. There goes the smoke up the chimney. 
This summer I'll start working on such a stove, and I will not measure 
the efficiency, at least not at first. I will measure, and try to 
maximize, the amount of time between fuel feedings. And always keep in 
mind the question, if my meals depended on it, would this stove really 
solve my problems?"

Now, that's an innovative approach! Also what we try to see is how 
comfortable the stove is for our users. Here, you are bringing comfort, 
and improved cooking service. Quicker cooking and less soot on the pots 
are our users' preferred benefits.
Keep us posted on your progresses!

But what precisely interests me is how adoption is linked to a certain 
size of stove, door, combustion chamber, cooking power. What we try to 
do is to build on previous experiences, including ours, to move forward 
and get cleaner and cleaner stoves.

Best,

Xavier