PERFORMANCES EVALUATION OF FORCE DRAFT GASIFIRE BASED COOK STOVE

The article highlighted the performance evaluation of forced draft gasifire based cook stove. The design and development of forced draft cook stove was carried at Dr. UPCAET Jalgaon. The performance of cook stove take place for three different biomasses i.e. Pellet, Tur and Neem. It was found that the volatile matter, fixed carbon contain higher in the Pellet as compare with Tur and Neem. Ash content in Tur is higher as compared with the Pellet. The burning capacity of pellet is less than that of Tur and Neem. The combustion zone rate for pellet, Neem and Tur were found to be 0.100, 0.120, 0.175 m/h respectively. It was observed that hot water condition was more superior to that of cold water condition. The thermal efficiency obtained from the cook stove for pellet 40.33 per cent, Neem 36.47 per cent and Tur 33.43 per cent. The results of controlled cooking test (CCT) shown the specific fuel consumption of a stove were 1, 1.2 1.44 kg/kg for pellet, Neem, and Tur. The total power output of the cook stove for pellet, Neem and Tur were found to be 3, 2 and 1.8 kW respectively.