[Stoves] Thai Bucket Stove nnd KCJ origin
Paul Anderson
psanders at ilstu.edu
Sun Dec 3 09:19:38 CST 2017
Nikhil,
I hope that Teddy Kinyanjui of Cookwell stoves in Kenya can respond
about the inspiraton for the KCJ (mentioned below). Teddy's father was
the originator/developer in Kenya many years ago.
Paul
Doc / Dr TLUD / Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Email: psanders at ilstu.edu
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On 12/3/2017 12:24 AM, Nikhil Desai wrote:
> Crispin:
>
> Could be ESMAP funding, for followup on earlier USAID work .
>
> One 1993 paper
> <http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.362.7044&rep=rep1&type=pdf> that
> van der Plas was a co-author to only mentions "In Thailand, improved
> stoves development started in the private sector; this is true of
> other countries in Asia as well." It refers to several ESMAP-funded
> stove projects in Thailand. (Annes 2: Projects Surveyed for Study.)
>
> This seems to be the most widely cited paper on the subject of what
> makes biomass stoves usable and used, but it is nearly 25 years ago.
> So much for the due diligence of the stove program financiers.
>
> I had no idea that it was the inspiration for Kenyan Ceramic Jiko
> (KCJ), as reported here
> <https://www.princeton.edu/%7Emauzeral/wws402f_s03/JP.Shena.Elrington.pdf>:
> " The original design for the KCJ was inspired by an improved stove
> used throughout Thailand. This stove, the ‘Thai bucket,’ has an
> insulating liner composed of ceramic that was cemented from the top to
> the bottom of the... "
>
> Reducing Indoor Air Pollution in Africa: A Review of Two Successful
> Intervention Programs and Recommendations for Future Intervention
> Efforts Shena M. Elrington May 2, 2003. Looks like a student paper
> for WWS 402f: Sustainable Development- Can We Do It? Prof. Denise L.
> Mauzerall.
>
> I made an interesting discovery -- according to this
> <https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/7385282/improved-biomass-cooking-stove-for-household-use-pdf-101-mb->
> 1982 paper submitted to the National Energy Administration, the Thai
> bucket stove is thought to have originated in China and could have
> been brought to Thailand a thousand years earlier (p. 33-34).
>
> The report also says (p. 44) that Meta Systems Inc. Thai Group
> reviewed efficiency of various Thai bucket stoves in 1982. I was at
> Meta Systems in 1980-1 and learned my biomass balance work and
> cookstoves projects there. I probably know some folks who worked on
> that project.
>
> I think the recommendations of this report 35 years ago (on p. 241-2)
> are still relevant.
>
> Reinventing the wheel keeps subsequent generations employed in the
> good cause.
>
>
> Nikhil
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 12:10 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
> <crispinpigott at outlook.com <mailto:crispinpigott at outlook.com>> wrote:
>
> Dear Friends
>
> The Thai Bucket Stove was designed by Robert van der Plas in 1982.
> Does anyone know who funded that development? Did he do it as part
> of a project, or on his own?
>
> Thanks
> Crispin
>
>
>
>
>
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