[Stoves] News: Methanol cooking fuel for india...

[nari phaltan]

Stovers,

We pioneered in early 2000 the development of low concentration ethanol
stove <https://nariphaltan.org/ethstove.pdf>. However testing them in rural
huts we found high amounts of CO emitted. This gave headaches to few hut
dwellers. There is a propensity of higher CO emissions in ethanol/methanol
fuels. They should be taken care of properly. Thus the combustion systems
have to be better designed.

GOI in its stupidity is pushing all these things irrespective of their
consequences. They are also pushing for ethanol production for cars from
different biomass fuels. Stovers might like to read about a small essay
that I wrote about it recently.
https://www.thebetterindia.com/167321/sugar-replacement-eco-friendly-ethanol-production-india/

Cheers.

Anil

Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
Tambmal, Phaltan-Lonand Road
P.O.Box 44
Phaltan-415523, Maharashtra, India
Ph:+91-9168937964
e-mail:nariphaltan at gmail.com
           nariphaltan at nariphaltan.org

http://www.nariphaltan.org

http://nariphaltan.org/narisouvenir.pdf (Fifty Years of NARI)



On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 12:58 AM Nikhil Desai <pienergy2008 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Niti Aayog pushes for methanol as cooking fuel
> <https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/niti-aayog-pushes-for-methanol-as-cooking-fuel/articleshow/67116092.cms> Economic
> Times (India) 16 December 2018.
>
> Niti Aayog - the former Planning Commission, the new name means Policy
> Venture or something like that - has something to at last, after a mix of
> good and bad energy policy advice.
>
> The interesting part is the commercial ("hotels") market and large-scale
> fuel production.
>
> " A senior government official told ET work is on full swing to introduce
> methanol-run cooking stoves. “After Assam, we are eyeing Uttar Pradesh and
> then Maharashtra to provide such stoves in households.
>
> Simultaneously, we have tied up with some hotels in Bengaluru to use
> methanol stoves,” said the official, requesting not to be identified. “Next
> in line would be big temples, gurdwaras and ashrams where cooking is done
> on a massive scale daily.” There was a pilot launch of methanol stoves in
> Assam in October. "
>
> Until methanol is consumed orally. I don't know if inhaling causes any
> damage. So long as it is not picked up by Kirk Smith's monitors as PM2.5, I
> guess it's safe.
>
> N
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