Everyone who fails to make barbecues knows this: it’s awful. Smoke. Everywhere. Smoke. Imagine now what should support people from emerging countries who only cook with woodstove. It’s awful too, so awful that the World Health Organization (UN public health arm) pinpointed indoor air pollution as a major risk for women and children.
But there’s an alternative. Philips, the household device manufacturer, rolls out a new kind of woodstove, claimed to reduce the smoke up to 90%, use 80% less wood and emit 99% less hydrocarbons than traditional stoves.
How can this be possible? Because it’s using a fan, an electronic-controlled fan that is powered by the electricity generated from a generator inside the woodstove. The heat from the fire is turned into electricity and the fan could then forces fresh air through the stove. This leads to a higher combustion temperatures and a better fuel to air ratio resulting into cleaner combustion and a higher fuel efficiency.
A second advantage is that the generator can also supply electricity to other equipment such as home lightning or fridges.
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