[Stoves] Sampada stove

[Paul S. Anderson]

Dear AD,

Please send info / pictures? of the Sampada stove.

Quoting adkarve <adkarve at pn2.vsnl.net.in>:
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> Our own Sampada stove works on similar lines, in that wood chips are
> first pyrolysed and then provided with secondary air to burn the pyrolysis
> gas completely. Sampada has no moving parts. It is also a bit too tall for
> the Indian housewives, but it can be let into the ground to any desirable
> depth.Also its cost is quite low, about US$12. As a result, it is selling
> quite well. Another advantage of Sampada stove is that wood chips are added
> to it intermittantly from above, so that the housewife can complete her
> cooking without any break. But because of this mode of operation, it cannot
> strictly be called a T-LUD stove. We now also have a cement model of
> Sampada.

Is it filled at the start and then lit at the top, or is it only with a small
amount of fuel even at the start, and  mostly burning fuel that is added in
over the top edge to drop down for a conventional burn?  Please describe the
lighting process in detail.

Because it does not have the forced air of the "fan-blasters" or "fan-jet"
technology found in the Philips stove, it is not in that category either.

Paul



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