The projects assessed stove performance using lab-based water boiling tests (WBTs), which yield a number of performance indicators including time to boil water, specific fuel consumption, and energy efficiency when the stove is operated at both high and low power output.
Familiarize D-Lab with improved stove technology in Guatemala.
Chimps seem like they could be trained to unambiguously cook without any "magic tricks:" in a lab build a simple stove with a basic on/off switch…provide a pan that chimps can handle….
D-Lab's fuel and stove research team helps technology developers overcome challenges and meet the needs of their customers.
Comparison of results between laboratories shows that results can be replicated between labs when the same stove and fuel are tested using the WBT protocol.
Cooking exhaust hoods designed for home kitchens vary widely in their ability to capture and vent away the air pollutants generated by the gas burners on cook stoves, according to a study by two Berkeley Lab scientists.
Since Berkeley Lab partnered with a local nonprofit (the Darfur Stoves Project), and through them with Oxfam America, 21,000 stoves now serve more than 120,000 people in Darfur.
With all this equipment together, the lab felt like the CERN of cook stoves!
However, due to high time and finance requirements of the latter, lab results are often used also for stoves selection, also because of a general misunderstanding regarding their correct utilisation.
