Hi Lanny, Here are some figures from Prakti Institutional stoves.
40L Power output : 3.86 kW Fuel consumption : 0.08 kg of wood to boil 1 l of water 80L Power output : 5.33 kW Fuel consumption : 0.06 kg of wood to boil 1 l of water Cheers Sarbagya Tuladhar On 13/08/2013, at 5:54 AM, Erin Rasmussen wrote: > Hi Lanny, > I'd try the HEDON Stove database: http://www.hedon.info/Stoves+Database&bl=y > They've got "Performance" info, and some even have proper tests listed. > > Erin Rasmussen > [email protected] > > From: Stoves [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Lanny Henson > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 6:53 AM > To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves > Subject: [Stoves] Specific heat capacity/ Stove preformance data > > I am looking for stove performance data for institutional size charcoal and > wood fired stoves, even if the testing methods are not perfect. > I can find information like "saves 50%" but I cant find data like it takes x > amount of wood or charcoal to boil x amount of water, or x amount of fuel to > cook and simmer beans. > I am especially interested the Prakti stoves so some data on these stove > would be helpful. > > There is one subject that I have not seen discussed on this list and that is > the "specific heat capacity" of the different types of food being cooked. > The specific heat of beans and rice is about 1/3 that of water. That is the > reason my stove, with its retained heat capabilities, can cook and simmer 35 > KG of beans for 2 hours with about the same amount of fuel that it takes to > simply boil 35 Kg of water. > I apologize if I have just made the stove testing spreadsheet even more > complicated than it already is!! > Lanny > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/ >
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