Innovation Detail

Innovation Description

Profile
Ankita Singh is a student of K.C. Girls’ High School, Jharia.

Purpose
Belonging to an interior rural area, Ankita has come up with a solution to many problems associated with the traditional chulha used in rural areas. She has come up with a multipurpose chulha, which can save us from the polluted smoke created by the traditional chulha and also can save the huge quantity of wood used by the chulha as it just uses a small amount of crop wastage, bushes etc. reducing the burden on the forest and reducing the time consumption for collection of fuelwood and also does not spread much of polluted smoke. This innovative thought of Ankita connects us with PM Modi’s dream project of “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” as it saves us from the polluted smoke.

Technical details
It has high efficiency and it serves various purposes like cooking food, getting hot water directly from the attached tap which is connected through a metal pipe and the water gets distilled too.

Benefits
It saves energy and time. 

Suggested Reading(s):  

Aher, S. B., Pawar, J. R., Deshpande, J. B., & Khobragade, K. (2014). Study on design, development and energy utilization efficiency of smoke reduced hot water stove. Journal of Environmental Research and Development, 9(1), 94-101.

Baqir, M., Bharti, S. K., Kothari, R., & Singh, R. P. (2019). Assessment of an energy-efficient metal chulha for solid biomass fuel and evaluation of its performance. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 16(11), 6773-6784.

Cornfield, R. (2006). Multi-purpose stovetop grilling and cooking device. U.S. Patent No. 7,059,318. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Dinesh, K., Santosh, G., Jayshree, M., & Deepak, S. (2011). A hot water dual purpose improved cook stove-a device to drudgery reduction of rural woman. International Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 4(1), 78-81.

Goudarzi, A. M., Mazandarani, P., Panahi, R., Behsaz, H., Rezania, A., & Rosendahl, L. A. (2013). Integration of thermoelectric generators and wood stove to produce heat, hot water, and electrical power. Journal of Electronic Materials, 42(7), 2127-2133.

Hait, P. W. (1984). Multi-purpose fuel efficient portable stove/heater. U.S. Patent No. 4,489,706. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.   Hanbar, R. D., & Karve, P. (2002).

National programme on improved chulha (NPIC) of the Government of India: an overview. Energy for Sustainable Development, 6(2), 49-55.  

Sakdanuphab, R., & Sakulkalavek, A. (2017). Design, empirical modelling and analysis of a waste-heat recovery system coupled to a traditional cooking stove. Energy Conversion and Management, 139, 182-193.

YouTube, (2020). Inspire award MANAK project idea of multi purpose stove. Retrieved on April 20, 2021, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN4SK3T40KU