ISSN 0971-9482 STAINLESS INDIA A MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY Indian Stainless Steel Tel :+91-124 4375 501, 502 & 503 Fax: +91-124 4375 509 Development Association E-mail:
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[email protected] L-22/4, G Flr, DLF Phase-II, Gurgaon 122 002 Web: www.stainlessindia.org A Magazine Devoted to Stainless Steel Applications VOL.18 NO.4Published four times a year DECEMBER 2013 A Stainless Steel Bio Mass Stove: Towards a Cleaner Future Four out of every five rural and one out of Designed by The Energy and Resources A mix of stainless steel grade in different every five urban households primarily Institute (TERI), an autonomous, not-for- thickness has been used for this stove. depend on direct burning of solid biomass profit research organization working 304 grade of stainless steel has been fuel like fuel wood, crop residue and cattle globally with headquarters in New Delhi, chosen for inner core, where burning of dung in traditional mud stove/ three stone this stainless steel stove uses traditional bio mass takes place, for its ability to fire for cooking. Such traditional cooking biomass such as fuel wood, agriculture withstand higher temperature together practice is characterized by low thermal residue and cattle dung cake as fuel. A with long life on account of its higher efficiency (10%) and emits toxic smoke. fan at the bottom of the stove blows air corrosion resistance. Outer structure, Women (and accompanying children) into the combustion chamber in such a bottom & top plates, legs, all nuts & cooking with a mud stove, particularly in way that the biomass burns with an bolts are made of AISI 202 stainless poorly ventilated kitchens, have improved efficiency than normal open air steel grade.