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Prakti Single Burner Wood Stove is a portable and lightweight rocket cookstove.
Prakti Single Burner Wood Stove is a portable, lightweight (5 kg) and easy-to-clean Rocket type cookstove. Manufactured by Skillmech engineers and distributed by Prakti Design.
Target SDGs
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Market Suggested Retail Price
$39.00
Target Users (Target Impact Group)
Household
Distributors / Implementing Organizations
Stoves are mainly distributed by Prakti Design in partnership with development agencies, local retailers and in an increasing portion by trained females salespersons.
Competitive Landscape
Direct competitors include Eco Rocket Stove and EzyStove Wood Cookstove.
Manufacturing/Building Method
Mass customization. Produced in the Prakti Desing Lab in Chennai in India.
Intellectural Property Type
Trademark
User Provision Model
Distributions to Date Status
Prakti Design's portfolio includes 1 type of institutional stove and 4 household stoves types: Charcoal Single Burner, Wood Single Burner, Wood Double Burner and Wood Double Burner with Chimney. A total of 7400 stoves have been sold in Haiti (2200 stoves), India (5000 stoves) and Nepal (200 stoves). Wood stoves models were mainly disseminated in India and Nepal resulting in a minimum estimated distribution of 5200 stoves to date.
Fuel type
Biomass, wood
Chimney (yes/no)
No
Forced or passive
Passive
Pot type
Flat or round bottom
Pot capacity (L)
10 L
Thermal efficiency (%)
Unknown
PM emissions (g/MJ delivered to pot)
Unknown
CO emissions (g/MJ delivered to pot)
Unknown
Time to boil (min/L)
Unknown
Design Specifications
Design specifications of this rocket-type wood stove include the corrosion-resistant stainless steel body, a combustion chamber protected with a custom designed metal plate and durable grate. Its dimensions are 26 x 26 x 28 cm and it weights 5 kgs.
Replacement Components
Local assembly.
Lifecycle
5 years with bi-annual local maintenance.
Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters
Reductions compared to traditional wood cookstoves: up to 50% fuel savings and up to 80% of indoor air pollution.
Vetted Performance Status
Unknown.
Safety
Potential hazards related to the operation of this product concerns respiratory diseases linked to the burning of traditional biomass and domestic accidents such as accidental burning or spill-overs.
Complementary Technical Systems
None. Prakti commercializes various types of wood and charcoal cookstoves.
Academic Research and References
Although there is no academic research on this specific product, these papers present a review of Prakti’s similar wood stove technologies: LeoTwin (first) and LeoChimney (second).
Thandapani, S., Woodbridge, R., 2011, Assessing the Benefits of Early Stage Design. Research of Rural BoP-Focused Energy Solutions in Urban Settings. IcoRD’11 International Conference on Research into Design.
Yip, F., et al., 2017, Assessment of traditional and improved stove use on household air pollution and personal exposures in rural western Kenya. Environment International, 99, pp. 185–191.
This paper presents general information about Prakti Design mission and process:
Bossuet, J., Serrar, M., 2014, Prakti Desing: the challenge of clean combustion for the poor. Field Actions Science Reports. Vol. 7.
Clean Cooking Alliance – Clean Cooking Catalog: Results Report – Prakti Single Woodstove. n.d. www.catalag.cleancookstoves.org. Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.
How to Light Our Single Wood Burner. 2015. vimeo.com. Prakti Design.
Compliance with regulations
Unknown.
Evaluation methods
As of 2018, this product has not been tested according to international cookstove standards.
Other Information
None.
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