[Stoves] Design Improvements for Top-Lit UpDraft Biochar-Producing Gasifier Stove in Rural Kenya from the Users' Perspective

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Sat Nov 24 11:41:47 CST 2018


Kenya/Sweden thesis: Design Improvements for Top-Lit UpDraft
Biochar-Producing Gasifier Stove in Rural Kenya from the Users' Perspective

 

Energy plays a significant role in a country's development. Usage of an
improved stove that produces biochar could help to reduce the pressure of
deforestation, amend soil productivity, and provide cleaner technology for
cooking. In Kwale, a county located on the south coast of Kenya, firewood is
still used as the primary cooking fuel followed by charcoal. This research
aims to investigate the improvements for a Top-lit UpDraft (TLUD)
biochar-producing gasifier stove, which the users aspired through
co-designing. Transformative mixed methods were used as the research design
to empower the users' involvement in the Biochar and smallholder farmers in
Kenya - improved use efficiency of farm-level organic resources in relation
to energy, crops and soil project. Triangulation was used to process the
collected data through structured user observations, a focus group
discussion, and a semi-structured interview. Between two stakeholders, TLUD
gasifier stove users and the manufacturer, there was a difference of opinion
for the main priority. Ease of use was the main concern for the users while
the manufacturer put forward energy efficiency. Further, the users desired
for an increase in the stove's dimension as its capacity to produce biochar
would increase.

 

https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1264317/FULLTEXT01.pdf

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