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Efficiencies of Wood-Fired Cookstoves


Cookstoves Efficiency (%)
Cambodian traditional 11.0
Lao traditional 14.3
Vietnamese traditional 15
Nepalese one-pot ceramic 10.5
Thai-bucket cookstove 15
Roi-et cement 11.4
RTFD improved wood/char 15.0
Rungsit stove 12.0
Chinese traditional 12.2
Malaysian traditional 9.5
Phil. charcoal/wood 12.0
Nepal one-pot metal 13
Nepalese two-pot ceramic 13.0
Indian "Harsha" cookstove 25.2
Saengpen, nam char wood cement 17.5
Bang Sue stove 18.2
Malaysian improved 19.7
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