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Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS).

Since my first ICS project in Honduras (1980 Esufa Lorena) I was involved in the research and development of several stoves.  See also the bioenergy list, HEDON and PCIA networks.

Sjoerd Nienhuys. Cooking Stoves in Afghanistan Badakshan. 450 KB, 4 pages. February 2009. A brief outline of issues related to space heating, cooking stoves and bread making in Afghanistan Himalayas border region with Tajikistan.  Especially the half open floor pits have a very low energy efficiency and waste a lot of firewood.

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Sjoerd Nienhuys. January 2010. Cameroun, Clay Soil Wood Cooking Stoves ICS, 2.9MB, 25 pages. A proposal for the development of ICS in rural area.

Sjoerd Nienhuys. August 2010 MOP-ICS. Metal One Pot - Improved Cooking Stove which was developped to resolve some of the minor problems related to the basic "Rocket Stove". see also http://bioenergylists.org//  4 MB. 37 pages

Sjoerd Nienhuys. 2005. Sri Lanka, TOP-ICS.  Terracotta One Pot - Improved Cooking Stove which was developed post tsunami disaster for permanent houses: 2.66MB, 18 pages.    http://www.bioenergylists.org/nienhuystop  

Sjoerd Nienhuys. 2002.  An analysis of metal stoves in the Dolpa mountain region of Nepal: http://www.bioenergylists.org/nie3nhuys_dolpa  1.3MB, 18 pages. project realised in coordination with STARIC, Nepal, who field tested the design.

Installation of Improved Metal Cooking Stoves in the Khumbu region. Field Visit Report (#1 of 3).   STARICN, Sustainable Technology Adaptive Research and Implementation Center, edited Sjoerd Nienhuys. SNV-Nepal Jan. 2005.   0.5MB. 8 pages http://www.bioenergylists.org/nienhuyskhumbu    .

Sjoerd Nienhuys 2004/09 Cooking Energy and Curriculum Design for Schools. Potato cooking as science education.  Excel table. Explaining the effect of different cooking methods on energy consumption. 1.2MB. 14 pages.  http://www.bioenergylists.org/nienhuysrecurriculum 

Sjoerd Nienhuys. 2003. The Beehive Charcoal Briquette Stove.  Explanation on manufacturing of charcoal briquettes and the stove building as realised in Nepal. 1.7MB, 21 pages http://www.bioenergylists.org/nienhuysbeehive

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 Technical Working papers under development:

Improved Cooking Stoves, ICS.

Improved House Heating Stoves, IHHS.
Firewood is in many countries the main source for cooking and space heating.
Firewood harvesting leads to large scale deforestation, erosion and poverty.
This stack of firewood in Nepal is used each season for cooking and heating.
ICS consume less than half of this amount and reduce Indoor Air Pollution (IAP)

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Sjoerd Nienhuys. 2009. Pressure Cooker Training. 80% energy is saved by using the combination of a pressure cooker and heat retention box in Tajikistan, altitude 1500m. Document size 6 pages. 1.2MB. Also published at: http://www.hedon.info

Sjoerd Nienhuys. 2000. Stoves Research Report on BACIP Woodstoves for High Mountain Areas, Pakistan. An analysis of different designs and development options, including the succesful water heater application. Document size  6.2MB, 37 pages.   http://www.bioenergylists.org/nienhuysbacip

For general information on ICS:

The HEDON Household Energy Network website: http://www.hedon.info/

The Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) website: http://www.pciaonline.org/

The effect of smoke in the kitchen or house is well documented: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/hpguide.html

The WHO report on IAP is related to the work I realised in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241594169_eng.pdf

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Technical Working Papers under development:

Solar Water Heaters.

Solar Box Cookers.
Research on stove improvement required on-site analysis of cooking behaviour in traditional houses in Pakistan Himalayas, 2002.
Stoves were used for cooking and space heating. New smokeless cooking/heating and warm water stoves saved over 50% of firewood.