Investigations on usability of porous media in kerosene pressure stoves for improvement of thermal performance

Abstract

In developing countries kerosene is considered as one of the principal cooking fuels and it is normally burnt in two kinds of stoves wick type and pressure type The pressure type stoves perform reasonably well however the growing awareness about conservation of energy and reduction of pollution has necessitated their further improvements Towards the above goal in this study a conventional kerosene pressure stove was modified to incorporate a bi layered porous media consisting of alumina