Influence of testing parameters on biomass stove performance and development of an improved testing protocol

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-12

  L'Orange, C ^a   DeFoort, M ^a   Willson, B ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Combustion; Cookstoves; Test protocol

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; TESTING;

COOKSTOVES; PERFORMANCE TESTS; REPEATABLE RESULTS; TEST PROTOCOLS; TESTING METHODOLOGY; TESTING PARAMETERS; WATER BOILING TEST; WATER VAPORIZATION;

STOVES;

BIOMASS POWER; COMBUSTION; COOKING APPLIANCE; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84858341280     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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