Prakti Single Burner Wood Stove

Product Description

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.

Market Suggested Retail Price

$29.52

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Stoves are mainly distributed by Prakti Desing in partnership with development agencies, local retailers and in an increasing portion by trained females salespersons.

Manufacturing/Building Method

Mass customization. Produced in the Prakti Desing Lab in Chennai in India.

Intellectural Property Type

Trademarked

User Provision Model

To procure a Prakti stove:

Email: info@praktidesign.com

Whatsapp: +66806747586

Website: www.prakti.in

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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.

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.

Technical Support

Prakti Desing offers training for women for local assembly of the stoves.

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.

Compliance with regulations

Unknown.

Other Information

None.