[Stoves] RESEARCH PROPOSAL

[Gloria Chaonamwene]

Dear friends

I am in a process of writing a proposal (Masters degree) on indoor air
pollution and stove performance.  What I want to do is to conduct a cross
sectional study of stove performances.  Two communities will be selected and
the results to be compared and analysed as such. As per sample size, I am
debating whether to have 35 each community or less (just pilot).  Since I am
a new candidate in these issues, I thought of consulting the experts from
this forum to guide and to assist on how the research proposal can be best
structured.

Very much interested to improve stove performances in Malawi since 98%
depend on biomass fuel.

Gloria Chaonamwene


----- Original Message -----
From: "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <crispinpigott at gmail.com>
To: "'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'" <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] newcomers


> Dear Cornelio
>
> I agree with your approach.  I found the most effective way to talk about
> air supply, esp the secondary air and the important of limiting excess air
> to increase thermal efficiency, is to talk for a short time with a
> blackboard, then to light a representative stove and watch the fire.
>
> As the discussion progresses, the technologies can get more complex and
the
> fire better understood.
>
> I think that can be done on the website with one page chats and pictures,
> followed by a short movie demonstrating what is being talked about.
>
> A major problem faced with artisanal production of stoves is design drift
> and if the artisan knows why things are the way they are, they are not
> likely to produce functional stoves.
>
> Regards
> Crispin
>
>
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