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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear Friends<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I found a reference to using vegetable oil as a fuel in India.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Crispin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><u>Use of vegetable oil as fuel to improve the efficiency of cooking stove<o:p></o:p></u></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Natarajan, R.; Karthikeyan, N. S.; Agarwaal, Avinash [Energy Centre, School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology University, Vellore 632 014 (India)]; Sathiyanarayanan, K. [Chemistry Division, School of Science and Humanities, Vellore Institute of Technology University, Vellore 632 014 (India)]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>2008-11-15<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>In this study, an attempt has been made to use waste vegetable oil as a fuel for a cooking stove. Suitable modifications have been made in the kerosene stove for use with vegetable oil as fuel. The efficiency of the stove using vegetable oil as fuel is observed to be as high as 48.9% as compared to 34.9% with that of a conventional stove when a flat copper bottom vessel is used. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Corresponding efficiency increase is also observed with other vessels. (author) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://www.etde.org/etdeweb/details.jsp?query_id=1&page=0&osti_id=21081601">https://www.etde.org/etdeweb/details.jsp?query_id=1&page=0&osti_id=21081601</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>