Appropriate community technology - A training manual: Phase II: Earthen construction and fuel-saving cookstoves: Session 22. Alternative cookstoves: presentations

Appropriate community technology - A training manual

Phase II: Earthen construction and fuel-saving cookstoves

		Phase II Calendar
		Session 1. Environmental health and sanitation
		Session 2. Traditional methods of cooking: an introduction to cookstove technologies
		Session 3. Fuel-saying cookstoves: gathering information
		Session 4. Cookstove design and innovations
		Session 5. Thinking in pictures: introduction to design drawing
		Session 6. Introduction to independent study
		Session 7. Cookstove operation function and design principles
		Session 8. Understanding the cookstove design process and soil mixes
		Session 9. Insolation meter construction
		Session 10. Cookstove construction
		Session 11. Nature of volunteerism: expectations beyond training
		Session 12. Food issues
		Session 13. The role of the volunteer in development: definition of appropriate technology
		Session 14. Stove promotion and dissemination
		Session 15. Explaining completed cookstoves
		Session 16. Evaluating cookstove efficiency
		Session 17. Diagnosing and repairing malfunctioning cookstoves
		Session 18. Other responses to fuel scarcity
		Session 19. Charcoal production and stoves
		Session 20. Custom and food
		Session 21. Design and construction of the second stove part one: stove base
		Session 22. Alternative cookstoves: presentations
		Session 23. Basic nutrition
		Session 24. Cookstove operation
		Session 25. Cookstove development and innovation
		Session 26. Cookstove information and resources/ evaluation of cookstove training

Total time:	1 hour
Objectives:	* To discuss experiences gained during stove construction * To compare and contrast the construction of the second group of cookstoves with the first * To discuss alternatives to sheetmetal stove pipes * To discuss chimney safety
Resources:	Evans and Boutette, Lorena Stoves, pp. 66-68, 72, 108
Materials:	Recently completed cookstoves, old stovepipe with creosote buildup

Trainer Notes

Before beginning this session, list the discussion questions on newsprint (or make copies for distribution). See Step 2.

Procedures:

Step 1. (5 minutes)

Introduce the session objectives and activities.

Step 2. (45 minutes)

Have each group present and explain their newly completed cookstoves.

Trainer Notes

Have the groups present and discuss their stoves, answering the following questions:

* What criteria were used when designing the stove?

* What was learned during the construction of the cookstove?

* What would you do differently next time?

* If your stove has a chimney, what sort of chimney was built and why? Were alternative materials used?

* How did your second stove construction activity compare with the first?

* What different approaches to problem-solving were used?

Encourage questions and discussion from the group at the end of each presentation.

Step 3. (10 minutes)

Discuss chimney safety.

Trainer Notes

* Have a piece of old stovepipe with a heavy creosote buildup to circulate among the participants.

* Ask the participants to explain how and why creosote buildup occurs and why it is dangerous.

* Discuss briefly the maintenance, safety and insulation of chimney pipes.

* Examine the advantages of alternative stovepipe materials for insulation and minimizing creosote buildup.

* Refer the participants to Lorena Stoves, for further information.