Biomass Cookstove- Design Optimisation and Fabrication
Biomass Cookstove- Design Optimisation and Fabrication
Kishan Patel, Sahil Ansari, and Muhammad Kamkoriwala, BTech in Mechanical Engineering
Neel Patel and Hastin Bagthariya, BTech in Chemical Engineering
Supervisors
Professor Shuja Ahmed, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor Arijit Ganguli, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Project Details
Recognising the issues of poor thermal efficiency, health risks, and environmental impact of traditional cooking methods in rural families, our students developed a biomass cookstove. This project supports communities reliant on biomass, promoting healthier living, environmental sustainability, and energy efficiency.
This project addresses the issues caused by traditional biomass cookstoves, where incomplete combustion leads to high levels of indoor air pollution and serious health risks, such as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The poor design of these stoves and unsuitable fuel choices also reduce cooking efficiency, increasing greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation.
The project includes analysis, optimising design, and making an affordable, user-friendly biomass cookstove through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and experimental testing. The main goals are enhancing airflow dynamics, insulation, and combustion chamber design. The project required selecting economical, locally sourced materials to ensure affordability, simplicity, and maintenance. The fabricated cookstove will be easy to use and flexible enough to fit the target communities' cooking requirements.