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Improved stoves

Households in Karatu District have not had access to appropriate alternatives to the traditional 3-stone fireplace. It was therefore an important element in the project to develop an appropriate alternative in form of an improved stove, to get this stove build and tested practically in a number of households.
There should also be developed a local capacity to build and distribute the stove to the households.

Criteria for the stove

If a stove shall be a real alternative it must fulfil some criteria. You can read about these criteria her.

The development of the stove for the project

You can read about the development process that leads to the development of the new stove.

Distribution of stove to the households

The type of stove used in this project, can not be bought or sold from a shop. There must be used other ways to get them distributed to the households and get the households to use them.
You can here read about how the project distribute stoves to the households.

Building of a KDA stove

We have in the project build some stoves. You can here find a description and illustration of how to build a stove.

Making elements for the stove

The firebox in the stove is made of ceramic elements. You can here read about how to make ceramic elements.

Building of ceramic kiln

To make ceramic elements for the stoves we needed a ceramic kiln to burn the elements. You can here find description and illustration of how to build a kiln.

Survey of firewood consumption

To get accurate information of the firewood savings, there can be achieved by using the new KDA stove; we carried out a household survey of the firewood consumption. You can here read about the survey and its results.

Test of stoves

To get data of the efficiency of the stove and the emissions of green house gasses we have carried out some test of the stoves. You can here read about these test and the results from the test.