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

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Biomass fuel</td><td class="align_center">Cold start</td><td class="align_center">Hot start</td><td class="align_center">Simmer</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Senna spectabilis</i></td><td class="align_center">35.5 ± 2.5</td><td class="align_center">35.0 ± 2.6</td><td class="align_center">23.8 ± 1.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Pinus caribaea</i></td><td class="align_center">19.3 ± 1.2</td><td class="align_center">22.0 ± 1.0</td><td class="align_center">34.3 ± 1.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Eucalyptus grandis</i></td><td class="align_center">25.7 ± 1.7</td><td class="align_center">29.0 ± 2.0</td><td class="align_center">29.7 ± 1.5</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Thermal efficiency (%) of the fire stove using the selected biomass fuels.</div>

Journal of Renewable Energy

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Table 4: Performance Characteristics of a Cooking Stove Improved with Sawdust as an Insulation Material 