| Jayaprakash.V, Edakkulam, Koyilandy, Kozhikode |
The biomass cooking oven designed by Jayaprakash.V, a traditional chulha maker from Kozhikode has won the Kerala State Energy Conservation Award-2008 in the category Research and Innovation. And according to the Energy Management Centre (EMC) citation, his device with a fuel efficiency of 37.6% is well ahead of the 5% efficiency of the ‘Priyagni’ stove developed by the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources.
His finding was also certified by the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT). According to him, the smoke-free stove is based on a two-tier burning process.
Jayaprakash, who has designed more than 4000 domestic and 700 community chulhas says that a portable form of the stove which weighs around 8 kg can be produced for less than Rs.1000.
What is fuel-efficient is also environmental-friendly. Thus his stove would be a blessing for the purse and the lungs.
40-year-old Jayaprakash is now busy with patent registration formalities.
Courtesy:
The Hindu, March 9, 2008
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