IDBG Cook Stove: Improving Efficiency and Environment of Rural Kitchens, RE Feature, Dec. 2011.
Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute, Anand has developed an Inverted Downdraft Biomass Gasifier cook stove which has the potential to bring about significant savings in fuel wood, improve the kitchen environment and mitigate the concerns of global warming. The laboratory testing of the IDBG cook stove revealed that its thermal efficiency is 10-15 per cent higher and emissions are within the limit set by MNRE for the biomass cook stoves. The village woman, who was provided with the IDBG stove, regularly used it for all cooking purposes even in the rainy season and endorsed its usefulness for meeting her cooking needs.
