Biofuel mix for cooking in rural areas: Implications for financial viability of improved cookstoves

作     者：Rubab, S Kandpal, TC 

作者机构：INDIAN INST TECHNOLCTR ENERGY STUDIESNEW DELHI 110016INDIA 

出 版 物：《BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY》 (生物技术)

年 卷 期：1996年第56卷第2-3期

页      面：169-178页

核心收录：

学科分类：0820[工学-石油与天然气工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 0828[工学-农业工程] 08[工学] 0836[工学-生物工程] 

基　　金：Council of Scientific and Industrial Research  India  CSIR 

主　　题：improved cookstoves portable metallic cookstoves biofuel mix linear programming model thermal efficiency specific fuel consumption financial analysis 

摘      要：An attempt to study the financial implications of replacing a traditional biofuel cookstove with an improved one has been made. The role of several factors influencing the cost of an improved cookstove has been discussed. The capital cost of a popular portable metallic cookstove design in India has been expressed in functional form and the fuel savings have been quantified in terms of two cookstove performance indicators-overall thermal efficiency of a pot-cookstove combination and specific fuel consumption of a cookstove. An LP model is proposed for biofuel resource allocation in a rural setting. Expressions for discounted payback period and the net present value of benefits have been derived Results of some typical numerical calculations indicate that it is financially quire attractive to replace a traditional cookstove with an improved one. The results of the financial analysis are relatively more sensitive to the economic life of the cookstove and price(s) of the biofuel(s). Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.