Biomass briquetting is gradually emerging as a means of sustainable energy production.
The interest in briquetting has been occasioned by the continuous rise in the cost of energy …

In the last two decades the use of biomass as a carbon-neutral source of energy has almost
doubled. The main challenge of using biomass heaters is the impact of particulate matter …

Abstract Sauce (“Wot”) preparation and Injera baking using an open-fire stove are recurrent
cooking activities in rural households in Ethiopia. The low thermal efficiency open-fire stove …

To promote the sustainable and clean use of sewage sludge (SS) and bituminous coal (BC),
BC was mixed with SS at 2%, 4% and 16% as sludge-coal briquettes (named by SBC1 …

The extensive use of traditional cooking stoves to meet daily cooking and heating
requirements has highlighted the serious problem of indoor and outdoor air pollution. This …

Cooking with wood biomass fuels releases hazardous air pollutants, including volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), that often disproportionally affect women and children. This …

Wood combustion is an important source of organic compounds, and its emission
characteristics are affected by many factors, among which fuel moisture content (MC) is …

The selection of appropriate heat-resistant materials which are at the same time resistant to
atmospheres rich in chlorine and its compounds is one of the most important current …

The study aims to design and evaluate practically applicable pot-bottom shield and finned-
pot in different pot-shield arrangements for better thermal and emission performances of a …

Background With the increase in forest fire emissions, an increasing amount of nitrogen is
released from combustibles and taken up by plant leaves in the form of PM2. 5 smoke …