[Stoves] New paper on the requirements of stove test reporting

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Friends

A new paper from Politecnico di Milano: The UNESCO Chair in Energy for Sustainable Development has Guidelines to support to all the actors involved in sector of biomass stoves performance evaluation. The aim of the work is to provide a robust methodology for the correct interpretation of test results.

Guidelines for reporting and analysing laboratory test results for biomass cooking stoves

The document can be downloaded here<https://beep.metid.polimi.it/documents/85459532/85827486/Guidelines%20for%20reporting%20and%20analysing%20laboratory%20test%20results%20for%20biomass%20cooking%20stoves.pdf>.

Table of contents
Acronyms
Nomenclature
Introduction
1. The framework of Improved Cooking Stoves laboratory testing
1.1. Testing protocols
1.2. Common criticalities in reporting and interpreting test results
2. A methodology for reporting and analysing test results
2.1. Conceptual scheme
2.2 Number of test replicates and reporting format
2.3 Calculation of the uncertainty for a selected level of statistical confidence
2.4 Results acceptability
3 A methodology for comparing the performance of different stove models
3.2 Conceptual scheme
3.3 Number of test replicates
3.4 Criteria for drawing statistically significant inferences
3.3.1 Procedure to select and perform a statistical test
References

"The Guidelines are conceived as a support to all the actors involved in the sector of biomass stoves performance evaluation, from the technicians and researchers engaged in laboratory testing, to those who need to better understand and interpret test results in order to select a promising stove model for field trials. The concepts and the methodology here proposed draw upon the most recent studies in the scientific literature on this topic [1,2].
Section 1 provides an overview of the framework of laboratory tests and of the common criticalities in the interpretation and reporting of test results. Section 2 and Section 3 provide a robust methodology for the interpretation and the analysis of test results. In particular, Section 2 discusses the minimum number of test replicates to be performed and how to report the results for a single stove model. Section 3, instead, explains how to deal with comparisons between two stove models and discusses the criteria to statistically infer that a stove model is improved as compared to a baseline reference."

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Thanks to Francesco, Favio and the rest of their team.

Regards
Crispin

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