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The Improved
Clay Stove
6.1 Background
The improved clay stove project started in 2000, in
rural Al Fashir. This stove was seen as an appropriate
technology and an alternative to the traditional 3
brick stove. This traditional stove was very inefficient
and comparative tests that have been performed have
highlighted this difference with the improved clay
stove being 55-60 % more efficient. It is also seen as
the most appropriate solution in terms of affordability
and ease of dissemination through the training of
trainers.
In 2003 the size of the project was increased due to
huge displacement caused by the Darfur conflict. This
led to greater pressure on the environment and severe
risks for IDPs (normally women) when collecting the
ever decreasing supply of wood. By 2007 Practical
Action had trained more than 3000 women in villages
and IDP camps in the manufacture of the Improved
Clay Stove.
6.2 Instructions
Pic 52. The clay is kneaded on a plastic bag.
Pic 53. The red bricks are marked with a knife and cut
into thirds using a small axe.
Pic 51. The bricks and clay are gathered.
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CLAY BASED
TECHNOLOGIES
Pic 54. A line is drawn around the outside of the saucepan
most frequently used in the kitchen to determine the size
of the stove.