[Stoves] Cookstoves in acute emergency response

[Anand Karve]

Dear Amelia,
Charcoal made from leaf litter or agricultural waste is an ideal low cost /
 low technology fuel. Being solid, it can be easily packed and transported.
The charcoal made from such material is powdery, but it can be shaped into
balls or briquettes with just bare hands or with the help of a low cost
briquette extruder. These briquettes can be given to the refugees along
with grain, flour or any other form of food.  Making charcoal stoves from
mild steel sheets is relatively simple. Charcoal burns almost as cleanly as
any gaseous fuel. You can look up a video of of the charring and
briquetting process in our web site www.samuchit.com
Yours
A.D.Karve

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Dr. A.D. Karve

Chairman, Samuchit Enviro Tech Pvt Ltd (www.samuchit.com)

Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Amelia Young <
a.young11 at student.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm conducting some research in partnership with the UNHCR and EWB looking
> at cookstoves for acute crisis/emergency response scenarios.
> My research seeks to develop design criteria for an emergency cooking
> solution for rapid deployment in crisis situations i.e. use by refugees in
> transition.
> The problems it seeks to address are short-term fuel scarcity, food
> security and human security (e.g. gender based violence) issues for
> displaced populations when fleeing their homes.
> Looking to this community for important performance metrics/considerations
> (technical, social and cultural) of stoves in this particular context. The
> idea is that a selection tool could be used in pre-disaster assessment
> and emergency preparedness or post-disaster assessment to determine the
> most appropriate cookstoves for dissemination in crisis. The main
> objectives for a solution in this context are portability, ease-of-use,
> low-cost and fuel efficiency an appropriate stove would then presumably
> differ by region based on local cooking practices and other cultural
> indicators.
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
>
>
> Amelia Young
> Masters of Environmental Engineering student
> Melbourne School of Engineering
> University of Melbourne, 3010
> AUSTRALIA
>
> Phone 0061 499 826 293
> Email aayoung at student.unimelb.edu.au
>
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