Third World Stoves

The 3rd World Stoves pages of the Chip Energy website are written and maintained by Dr. Paul S. Anderson. His writings are independent of Chip Energy. The menu tabs above cover the following topics:

General Intro to Cookstoves: Essential background information.

• Getting started with "stoves"

• An overview of stove technologies and projects

• Paul Anderson's specific recommendations

• Links to additional thoughts and info

Gasifiers: Explanations of micro-gasifiers and larger ones.

• Introduction to micro-gasifiers

• Classification

• TLUD (Top-Lit UpDraft) gasifiers

• AVUD (Another Variation UpDraft) gasifiers (main focus of Chip Energy)

• Definition of gasifiers

• Links to additional thoughts and info

Alcohol Stoves: Clean, controlled and cost-effective.

• Renewable LIQUID fuel has many advantages

• Types of burners of alcohol

• Stove structures for cooking with alcohol

Biomass Fuels: The energy must come from somewhere.

• Wood: Dominate in usage, but not in potential

• Other varieties of biomass types

• Sizes of pieces of fuel can relate to clean combustion

• Preparation of fuels

Projects: Theory and prototypes are important, but applications and installations are the goals. Read our mission statement and see the action being taken.