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According to the World Health Organization, “[e]very year, indoor air pollution is responsible for the death of 1.6 million people — that’s one death every 20 seconds.”
Cooking regular meals over mostly open fires is a practice still common in much of the world. This process is extremely inefficient and leads to many problems for growing communities, from indoor air quality issues to burn danger to deforestation. The simple provision of cook stoves can have a significant impact both on fuel savings, emissions control, and burn reduction for a family.
High Efficiency Combustion Stoves
AIDG has three high efficiency stove designs that we are currently using in Guatemala: the Mynor, Elena, and Rocket Box stoves. These models control airflow to allow fuel to burn longer at more controlled temperatures. They designs can be produced at a low cost and can create incredible cost savings for families.
 Testing the Elena Stove The Mynor Stove
The Mynor Stove is a masonry stove design that has been used within
Guatemala for over 20 years. It was designed to both address indoor air
pollution and reduce fuel consumption as compared with a traditional
fire.
The Elena Stove
The Elena Stove was developed by Elena Krieger, one of AIDG‘s
interns to improve Mynor Stove efficiency, further reducing the fuel
cost required for cooking. It uses a rocket combustion chamber rather
than the traditional ramp combustion chamber. Efficiency testing of
these two stoves has shown Elena Stove to be over 60% more efficient.
 The Rocket Box Stove The Rocket Box Stove
The Rocket Box Stove has recently been developed by AIDG as a
lower-cost, pre-fabricated version of the Elena Stove. It can be
manufactured entirely off-site and stove costs 50% less than the
other two designs. Due to its high efficiency and mobility, it offers a
flexible solution for poor communities where people are living in
temporary housing.
Alcohol Stoves Alcohol stoves have been used for years primarily in marine and backpacking settings. The pepsi can stove or cat food can stove are small alcohol stoves that has gained significant acceptance among backpackers for being extremely lightweight, fuel efficient and low cost to produce. Expanding these designs for everyday cooking and to more resemble traditional marine stoves the AIDG stove designs combine much of the efficiency developed for backpackers with the comfort and ease of use available in marine alcohol ranges. The AIDG also provides systems for the local production of grain and denatured alcohol for use as fuel within these stoves. By producing fuel alcohol locally communities can obtain alcohol for a fraction of the cost of purchasing industrially processed denatured alcohol. The AIDG stove design also offers the ability incorporate an electric heating element for areas with intermittent electrical service.
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