Aprovecho Research Center
Established in 1976, Aprovecho Research Center (ARC), a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, assists developing world organizations to establish high quality labs so they can test and improve their wood burning cooking stoves. It specializes in iterative experimental design of wood burning cookstoves through rapid prototyping and emissions and thermal measurements.
Smoke from wood burning cook stoves kills 4 million women and their children every year (WHO, 2014).
The black carbon in smoke from wood burning cook stoves causes an estimated 18% to 25% of climate change (New York Times, 2008).
ARC had to invent the emissions equipment needed to develop clean burning and efficient cookstoves and has been improving it for more than 20 years. ARC has a holistic view of biomass cookstove development and has engineers available to serve in the areas of:
- Biomass Stove Research and Development
- Testing and Evaluation
- Training on Field and Lab Testing, and Stove Design
- Stove Project Planning
- Informing the Stove Community
- Established in 1976, Aprovecho Research Center (ARC), a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, assists developing world organizations toestablish high quality labsso they can test and improve their wood burning cooking stoves. It specializes in iterative experimental design of wood burning cookstoves...
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An ongoing discussion of clean burning and related issues. Here is a sampling of what you can find. Clean Combustion Needs More Than Just HeatMay 25, 2023 - 5:33 pm Electricity: Planning for Net Zero by 2040May 18, 2023 - 12:43 pm African Mud Stoves with ChimneysMay 11, 2023 - 3:59 pm Earth Day...
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Videos about Aprovecho and our work. There are also many videos in the Newsletter section. Established in 1976, Aprovecho Research Center (ARC), a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, assists developing world organizations toestablish high quality labsso they can test and improve their wood burning...
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The Aprovecho Research Center is actively involved in research, design, manufacturing and testing of biomass cookstoves The ARC staff specializes in improving stove performance. Over 100 stove projects around the world are disseminating stoves designed with help from ARC. Dr. Winiarski, Technical...
- Samuel Bentson, David Evitt, Dean Still, Daniel Lieberman, Nordica MacCarty, Retrofitting stoves with forced jets of primary air improves speed, emissions, and efficiency: Evidence from six types of biomass cookstoves, Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume 71, 2022, Pages 104-117, ISSN...