Rocket StovesClean wood-burning stoves

Overview

Twice as efficient and substantially cleaner than the open fire cooking method

Uses small and easy to obtain pieces of wood

Traditional Open-Pit cooking method

Biomass fuels release large amounts of air pollutants when burned on traditional open pit fire, and these pollutants become concentrated in inadequately ventilated homes and dwellings.

Traditional open pit wood fires are very efficient at turning wood into energy, but inefficient at transferring the released energy into the cooking vessel. Most of the released energy in the wood is wasted heating the surrounding air rather than heating the cooking vessel.

Kids can fall into the fire.

Rocket Stove Benefits

Reduces biomass consumption

Economic savings of fuel

Improves indoor air quality

CCAT Rocket Stove

Utilizes horizontal combustion chamber

A well constructed rocket stove will allow for air to circulate.

When building the combustion chamber it is necessary to provide a shelf for the fuel. This way, fresh air will be pulled underneath the burning fuel.

The chimney should be short, reaching just above the cookpot. This allows for hot gasses to flow more rapidly through the system.

For improved efficiency, insulate around the chamber (Vermiculite)

CCAT Rocket Stove

Fresh paint job

Could use some high temperature sealant

New laminated info sheet

Overall, it works great