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- Ongoing Research. 24-litre, 72-litre, 120-litre and 700-litre EcoCookers The 24-litre, 72-litre and 120-litre models are now well established. 22 of the large EcoCookers of 72 or 120 litre capacity are in regular use in community kitchens around Maharashtra State. The oldest has…
- Description of the EcoCooker. Community Use EcoCooker Sizes Community EcoCookers now come in the following capacities: 24 litres good for cooking 80 meals; 72 litres good for cooking 240 meals; and 120 litres good for cooking 400 meals. Each EcoCooker has several cooking utensils,…
- The Energy Scenario in India. About 40% of India’s energy is consumed in cooking. This astonishing statistic is accounted for by the size of India’s population in relation to its level of industrial development. Of the fuel consumed for domestic use (cooking, lighting, hot water)…
- Indoor Air Pollution. Statistics 1991 Census — 75% households rely on bio-fuels; Central Pollution Control Board norms for Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM), max: - 140 µ/m3 annual average - 200 µg/m3 daily average Indoor Levels Of Spm During Cooking Year SampleSize NumberofVillages SPM µ/m3 1983 65 4 6800 1987 165 8 3700 …
- Instructions for Use. EcoCooker The domestic version sizes are 5-litres (for a family of 5 or 6) and 3.5 litres (family of 3 or 4). It can be used for anything that can be cooked by steaming or boiling. EcoCooker Advantages EcoCooker will…
- Patents and Royalties. EcoCooker is covered by Indian and International patents. In India, against a manufacturing license, we expect a royalty of Rs 10 per domestic cooker manufactured (of up to 6 litre capacity). For larger cookers, we expect a royalty that is proportionately higher, that is, Rs 10 multiplied by the ratio …
- A History of the EcoCooker Project. Solar Cooker Research Starts: 1980 Land Research Institute (LRI), a not-for-profit organisation started research in solar cooker design. At that time, 40% of India’s energy was consumed in cooking. That figure has not changed significantly since. Solar Cooker Models Then…
- Research Results. All our work on the cooking pot has been with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as the fuel. In India this is a Butane-Propane mixture. It has a calorific value of about 10,600 calories per gram, and a density of about…
- The EcoCooker Research Team. Devendra R. Badki graduated from LIT, Nagpur. He joined the Research Team in August 2003 and is working at UICT on solar system and biomass energy applications. G. K. Bhide, Member of the Governing Council of Land Research Institute…
- Technical Questions and Contacts. If you have technical questions, please email us at document.write(‘techquery [at] ecocooker [dot] org’); For all other questions, please write to: Land Research Institute 2nd floor, United India Building Sir Pherozeshah Mehta Road Bombay 400 001 or fax: 91-22-2265-2011 or email: document.write(‘lri [at] ecocooker [dot] org’); …
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