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Week 6: Cooking, Stoves & Fuel

Week 6: Cooking, Stoves & Fuel
Lecture 6: Cooking, Stoves & Fuel
Description: In the developing world, widely used cooking technologies (especially biomass) pose mounting health risks, high expense, and enviromental damage. This lecture considers alternative fuels and stove designs, with a focus on the D-Lab charcoal project. Speaker: Amy Banzaert
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Week 6: Cooking, Stoves & Fuel
Lab 6: Charcoal Making & Stove Testing
Description: In this lab, the class does a charcoal burn from start to finish, loading the drum, lighting it, and sealing it after some of the burn. While the burn is going on, they grate yucca to make a binder and make briquettes using the contents from a previous burn. Speaker: Amy Banzaert
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Assignments

Project Milestones

Due this week (as described in Week 5 Assignments)

  • Develop project specifications
  • Second brainstorm
  • Materials list for trip

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