Development of bio-oil-based cooking stoves

TERI has under taken this project with the following objective of : 1. Performance study of using bio-oil in pure and different blend in the existing stoves 2. Modification of the existing stoves to suits the use of bio-oil or blend with kerosene. The scope of work involed identifying power output, specific fuel consumption, preliminary emission measurements. The target group is rural community and devices considered are for rural kitchen. It is estimated that nearly 2930 million litres ofkreosene is being used as cooking fuel. The attempts made here to use non-edible oil may help in replacing this precious petroleum fuel.