The Maya Petén Stove: Design and construction of a wood cooking stove
About this ebook
2,600 million people in the world depend on biomass for cooking, and every year
the smoke this produces in the kitchen causes around 1 million deaths. This can
be resolved by improved cooking stoves that use less wood and carry smoke out
of harms way.
This book
is a concise, practical and low-fat guide to designing and building a Maya
Petén cooking stove. The stove is a low-cost and effective solution that
improves health in the home and uses less firewood. You’ll learn about the
basic principles of heat transfer and the thermal properties of materials. Taking
you through the design and build process step-by-step with ample illustrations,
the book tells you what you need to know for building an efficient and
long-lasting stove for a wide variety of applications.
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About the author
Oliver Style worked for 10 years in Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador, delivering projects and training programmes in off-grid photovoltaic systems, efficient biomass cooking stoves, and water supply systems, for the NGO Concern America. Based in Barcelona, Spain, he currently works as a consultant for Concern America’s appropriate technology programmes, alongside work as a Passive House designer.
