An Ergonomic And Efficient Chula
About the Practice
The problem statement is to make changes to the traditional model of the chula to make it more efficient, add the feature to use multiple sources and solve other problems (listed below) and to improve the general feel, usability/ergonomics of the chula.
Detail:
The problem statement was to understand the major sources of problems of people that use “Chula" as an inherent part of their life. The multisource chulha is based on using different types of fuels like dry leaves, woods, cow dung, LPG , dry biomass etc.. Some major questions that we wanted to ask were: - How does a chula work? - Why do people use chula? A number of government schemes have been promoting the use of LPG which is more efficient, fast and easy to use. - What are the places where we can actually make an impact? Finding the problems of the people, and finding the areas that need work. The chula is made of clay and the supporting parts from scrap metal. This maintains the very attractive feature of no cost to the users of the chula. All woods, coal, dow dung and other solid biomasses can be easily burned in this stove. The model has the following different parts: 1. The main body of the chula which is closed to trap heat 2. The control disk to regulate the air flow to control the flame/heat/temperature of cooking 3. Ash-tray 4. A conical cover to support different sized utensils
About the Innovator
Address: Roorkee - Haridwar Highway
City: Roorkee
State: Uttarakhand
PIN Code 247667
Email: pulkitmds@gmail.com
Contact No: 9012625052.0
Practice Details
Link: 1. Time of Cooking and Preparation Time of the Chula 2. Design: the user experience by adding some extra features while ensuring minimal cost. 3. Efficiency: fuel consumption of the Chula 4. Safety: The Heat and Smoke outside the Chula 5. Exploiting the heat wasted in smoke and ash
Manufacturing Capacity: b) Design Support
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