Research Article

Performance Characteristics of a Cooking Stove Improved with Sawdust as an Insulation Material

Table 1

Relationship between saucepan/pot diameter and combustion chamber.

Pot diameter, D (cm)Pot capacity (L)J (cm)(cm) (cm)Chamber area (cm2)Chamber sizing

Up to 20Up to 2.71116.527.512111 × 11
21–252.7–7.51218.030.014412 × 12
26–307.5–9.81319.532.516913 × 13
31–359.8–15.71421.035.019614 × 14

J = combustion chamber width, K = combustion chamber height from fire magazine, H = overall combustion chamber height, D = saucepan diameter. Source: Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development [18, 29].