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Kenya Ceramic Jiko
A manual for stovemakers
The jiko, a charcoal-burning stove consisting of a ceramic liner fitted inside a metal case, burns 25 to 40 per cent less charcoal than the traditional stoves on which its design was based. This book provides guidance on its production and promotion.
Published: 1991
Pages: 112
eBook: 9781780442600
Paperback: 9781853390838
The jiko, a charcoal-burning stove consisting of a ceramic liner fitted inside a metal case, burns 25 to 40 per cent less charcoal than the traditional stoves on which its design was based. This book provides guidance on its production and promotion.
| Preface vii | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 INTRODUCTION 1 | |||
| The increasing demand for energy 1 | |||
| The role of renewables 3 | |||
| Renewable versus non-renewable - some issues 8 | |||
| 2 POWER FROM SOLAR ENERGY 11 | |||
| Photovoltaics 11 | |||
| Water pumping 19 | |||
| Refrigeration of vaccines 26 | |||
| Lighting 29 | |||
| 3 HEAT FROM SOLAR ENERGY 33 | |||
| Distillation 33 | |||
| Water heating 37 | |||
| Drying 43 | |||
| 4 POWER FROM THE WIND 48 | |||
| Wind energy conversion 48 | |||
| Water pumping 52 | |||
| Wind generators 55 | |||
| 5 WATER POWER 58 | |||
| Micro-hydro 58 | |||
| Hydraulic ram pumps 68 | |||
| The water current turbine 74 | |||
| 6 BIOMASS 77 | |||
| End uses of biomass 77 | |||
| Processing technologies 79 | |||
| Charcoal 79 | |||
| Briquetting 82 | |||
| Producer gas 84 | |||
| Biogas as a fuel 84 | |||
| Heat conversion 89 | |||
| Stoves 89 | |||
| Industrial combustion 92 | |||
| Power for conversion 94 | |||
| Producer gas for power 94 | |||
| Steam engines 96 | |||
| Stirling engines 97 | |||
| ANNEXE I FURTHER INFORMATION 98 | |||
| ANNEXE II EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS AND | |||
| MANUFACTURERS 102 | |||
| ANNEXE III GLOSSARY 108 |
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