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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=1 height=1 style='width:.0125in;height:.0125in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/74e710fe77f8a19b982e831c2abcc6c087268a9d.png?u=1788967" alt="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/74e710fe77f8a19b982e831c2abcc6c087268a9d.png?u=1788967">Dear All<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For how much duration should a cookstove (coal based) be measured for emissions so that it is representative of an Indian cooking cycle? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>What is the time taken for an Indian cooking cycle?</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Some mention about Indian cooking cycle in literature are as follows<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Venkatraman et al., 2010 - "<i>Laboratory tests of cookstoves bear some similarity to those for other consumer devices, such as automobiles, which are not operated at constant load all the time, unlike many industrial devices. It is thus necessary to employ a standard use cycle for every test so that comparisons can be made in a repeatable manner even if the standard cooking (or driving) cycle is not completely representative of use in all situations.Development of one or more “Indian Cooking Cycles” is being considered as part of the National Cookstove Initiative"<o:p></o:p></i></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.25in'><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082610000219?via%3Dihub">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082610000219?via%3Dihub</a> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Although I couldn't come across any such Indian cooking cycle protocol which mentions the approximate duration representative of Indian cooking cycle.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2) Arora et al., 2014 in their study assess cookstove performance in terms of energy and emissions based on ‘Indian cooking cycles. The results measure the variations in cookstove performance using CCT protocol, owing to the difference in cooking cycles existing in two different regions of northern India i.e. Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand (UK).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Based on their study they approximate 60-70 min for cooking, which includes rice, pulses and roti.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0961953414003456?via%3Dihub">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0961953414003456?via%3Dihub</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>3) Lombardi et al 2017 review most of the exising testing protocols and point out that 45-60 min is usually the duration of phase during the water boiling test measurements.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096195341730065X?via%3Dihub">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096195341730065X?via%3Dihub</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The above references are linked.*<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Darpan<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>*Note: Articles that are copyrighted cannot be uploaded to the list unless posted by an author. TRM <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>¯<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>