Before launching the cookstove to the market, cook stove need to go through three distinct test procedures, includes both lab and field test. These are: The Water Boiling Test (WBT) – This is a laboratory test that simply simulates the cooking process. Here water in the cooking pot is heated to evaluate the thermal efficiency and associated emission generation during the combustion. Other than above, WBT test helps to provide an initial assessment of stove performance, design evaluation during the development, compare the effectiveness as compared to the different designs for performing the same task and ensures to meet the design specifications. The Controlled Cooking Test (CCT) – This is a field test that analyzes how the new stove performs compared to common or traditional cooking methods. Stoves are compared as local cooks prepare a traditional food. The test helps to compare the amount of fuel used by different stoves to cook a common food and compares the time needed to cook that food. Also the investigation on the emissions made during the test of the old and new stove is done. The Kitchen Performance Test (KPT) – This is a community field test that measures fuel use in homes after stoves have been distributed to ensure real-world savings and use. All these tests helps to validate the stove from initial optimization of the technical design in the laboratory under the controlled artificial atmosphere to the final field testing with lot of actual field variables, affecting the cookstove performance. All the tests are performed in series, moving from one to the next after satisfactory results are achieved. Those who want to secure the carbon credit; they need to go through one more test, Gold Standard Cook Stove Methodology. The Gold Standard Methodology is essentially an extended KPT.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 07:05:47 +0000
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