Efficiency of Three-Stone Fire and Improved Cooking Stoves using on-farm and off-farm fuels in semi-arid Tanzania
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Efficiency of Three-Stone Fire and Improved Cooking Stoves using on-farm and off-farm fuels in semi-arid Tanzania
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Creator |
Hafner, Johannes M.
Uckert, Götz Hoffmann, H.K. Rosenstock, Todd S. Sieber, S. Kimaro, Anthony A. |
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bioenergy
charcoal |
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In Tanzania, fuelwood availability for cooking is an increasing challenge for rural households struggling to meet this need. Here, a possible pathway for smallholder farmers to reduce their dependency on off-farm fuelwood is evaluated. We compare the cooking performance of on-farm produced fuels, like wood from Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. and Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. (pigeon pea stalks) with the off-farm fuelwood species Mimusops obtusifolia (Lam. Sapotaceae). Fuel performance was tested using Three-Stone Fire stoves and artisan-made Improved Cooking Stoves. We conducted 75 cooking tasks, cooking a standardized pre-defined meal with two pots in five villages in Chamwino and Kongwa districts, Dodoma region. The Controlled Cooking Test design assessed four key performance indicators: (1) time until water is boiling in pot A, (2) time until food item in pot A is ready to be consumed, (3) total cooking time per meal, including food items in pots A and B, (4) total fuel consumption per meal, including food items in pots A and B. Compared to the off-farm fuel, on-farm fuels perform better across the four key performance indicators. The results show that with regard to total cooking time per meal, including food items in pots A and B and total fuel consumption per meal, including food items in pots A and B, Improved Cooking Stoves used less time and fuel than Three-Stone Fire stoves. Regarding the key performance indicators time until water is boiling in pot A and time until food item in pot A is ready to be consumed, Three-Stone Fire stoves are faster than Improved Cooking Stoves, thus suggesting that Three-Stone Fire stoves are beneficial when cooking with only one pot. In order to reduce fuel and time consumption during cooking, the results suggest switching from off-farm to on-farm fuels; however, the choice of stove will depend on the cooking task performed.
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2020-12
2021-04-21T09:12:55Z 2021-04-21T09:12:55Z |
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Journal Article
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Hafner, J.M., Uckert, G., Hoffmann, H.K., Rosenstock, T.S., Sieber, S. and Kimaro, A.A., 2020. Efficiency of Three-Stone Fire and Improved Cooking Stoves using on-farm and off-farm fuels in semi-arid Tanzania. Energy for Sustainable Development, 59, 199-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2020.10.012
0973-0826 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113482 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082620303215/pdfft?md5=5c793d1cc74a8868e6601bb1ea296ea7&pid=1-s2.0-S0973082620303215-main.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2020.10.012 |
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en
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CC-BY-4.0
Open Access |
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199-207
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Elsevier BV
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Energy for Sustainable Development
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