3-stone / open fire
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In the developing world, did you know that nearly 3 billion people cook food and heat their homes with traditional cookstoves or open fires and 4 million people die prematurely every year due to smoke exposure from these methods? But, what is an open fire?TRANSCRIPT
3-STONE / OPEN FIREIt’s the oldest and simplest stove technology consisting of 3 stones on which a cooking pot stands. The fire is done on the ground in the middle of the 3 stones resulting in poor combustion and a lot of heat loss.
Thermal efficiency < 15%
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