Gasifier stoves - science, technology and field outreach

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 627-638

  Mukunda, H S ^a   Dasappa, S ^a   Paul, P J ^a   Rajan, N K S ^a   Yagnaraman, Mahesh ^b   Ravi Kumar, D ^c   Deogaonkar, Mukund ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b First Energy Private Limited   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass stove; Domestic stove; Gasifier stove

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953327104     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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