http://www.aprovecho.org/lab/aboutarclist/arcstaff Here is a link to Aproecho center. As I read more and looked on the Net more and more to educate myself on the stoves I found a How to Video on Rocket Cook Stoves. It was in 2 parts, here they are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeKcb-Fw-bo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fv ... CwYlQ&NR=1
The Aproecho people want to make a stove that uses less fuel and gives off less smoke, and they want to make the stove for less than $10 so that it will be afforable to people in poor countries. After watching these videos a couple of years ago I decided to try and make one for myself. My neighbor got me 2 veggie oil cans from a local restaurant, I went down to the local Ace hardware store and bought the elbow and 4" stove pipe. The retail cost here in western Pa was $10.05, close to that they want but just a bit over budget. I had am old grate. Here is the can I used. My pictures show up small on here, click on them and they will be alot larger, if you click again you will see all of the details.
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I then followed the video step by step and cut the holes, cut and installed the stove pipe and the tin can. I filled the stove with wood ashed and put on the top.
Today I decided to take some pictures and show you how it works. These are the sticks I used to boil a quart of water in my pot. I bought the pot just to use on the Rocket Stove.
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Lighting the fire.
Pot on the stove heating the water to a Boil.
Water started to boil in 3 min.
Water was at a full boil in 3 1/2 min.
It was a fun project to make, it did not take me long and it did not cost me much. I can't say that I have used it to cook much though, and I can probably tell you for sure that my wife will never cook on it, I feel it was still a very worth while experiment. They do work, and they work well and they cut down on pollution , and they are cheaper to operate. It seems like a win win win to me. By the way, the largest source of green house gas from Asia is coming from cook stoves. These Rocket cookers can make a huge difference.
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