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utilization efficiency. Increase in combustion efficiency is obtained by ensuring very
good mixing between the air and the fuel.
Product from TIDE,
Bengaluru
Unique features as
compared to
conventional stove
Fuel saving
Techno-economics
PYRO Tava (A long
stove with a flat plate
used for making rotis,
dosas, etc.) for use by
commercial (street
food vendors, canteens,
roadside eateries,
dhabas) and
institutional kitchens.
• Controlling heat
input possible
• Complete
combustion, high and
uniform temperature
• Optimally designed
stove interiors,
chimney and cold
face insulation;
smokeless
• Convenient
accessories
• Fuel saving, user
convenience,
managing air fuel
ratio, increase of
surface area of vessel,
quality assurance,
longer stove lives
with less maintenance
With LPG
replacement
– Rs.
11,000/month
With fuel saving
– Rs.
5,400/month
Payback period
3 months
6 months
Technology Adoption and Outreach Currently, it is estimated that commercial
cook stoves developed by TIDE are being used in 400 towns of Tamil Nadu spread
over the entire state, in 5 towns of Karnataka and 3 towns in Kerala. TIDE has
also developed training manual for the stove construction, quality assurance forms,
detailed engineering drawings, presentations showing commonly made mistakes,
leak testing, and videos of fabrication process. Recent study indicates that 46 women
trained by TIDE to create viable livelihood options to run energy efficient enterprise
are self-reliant, contribute in their children education, role models and are good
communicators. To scale up these initiatives, TIDE has established sister concern
i.e. Sustaintech India Pvt. Ltd. which operates in South India to develop business
models in fuel-efficient stoves dissemination. Sustaintech emerges out of TIDE, has
been conceived as a socially sensitive, profit making, scalable enterprise aiming
to positively impact lives and also to (a) reduce firewood consumption (b) arrest
deforestation and (c) contribute to climate change mitigation efforts. It uses market
mechanisms to offer fuel efficient wood burning stoves to small businesses like
street foods, schools, roadside restaurants, tea/coffee vendors and other commercial
kitchens. This business model has secured investments and has been identified as
one of the top 3 business models in the Asia Pacific region. This approach to create
S. K. Agarwal
utilization efficiency. Increase in combustion efficiency is obtained by ensuring very
good mixing between the air and the fuel.
Product from TIDE,
Bengaluru
Unique features as
compared to
conventional stove
Fuel saving
Techno-economics
PYRO Tava (A long
stove with a flat plate
used for making rotis,
dosas, etc.) for use by
commercial (street
food vendors, canteens,
roadside eateries,
dhabas) and
institutional kitchens.
• Controlling heat
input possible
• Complete
combustion, high and
uniform temperature
• Optimally designed
stove interiors,
chimney and cold
face insulation;
smokeless
• Convenient
accessories
• Fuel saving, user
convenience,
managing air fuel
ratio, increase of
surface area of vessel,
quality assurance,
longer stove lives
with less maintenance
With LPG
replacement
– Rs.
11,000/month
With fuel saving
– Rs.
5,400/month
Payback period
3 months
6 months
Technology Adoption and Outreach Currently, it is estimated that commercial
cook stoves developed by TIDE are being used in 400 towns of Tamil Nadu spread
over the entire state, in 5 towns of Karnataka and 3 towns in Kerala. TIDE has
also developed training manual for the stove construction, quality assurance forms,
detailed engineering drawings, presentations showing commonly made mistakes,
leak testing, and videos of fabrication process. Recent study indicates that 46 women
trained by TIDE to create viable livelihood options to run energy efficient enterprise
are self-reliant, contribute in their children education, role models and are good
communicators. To scale up these initiatives, TIDE has established sister concern
i.e. Sustaintech India Pvt. Ltd. which operates in South India to develop business
models in fuel-efficient stoves dissemination. Sustaintech emerges out of TIDE, has
been conceived as a socially sensitive, profit making, scalable enterprise aiming
to positively impact lives and also to (a) reduce firewood consumption (b) arrest
deforestation and (c) contribute to climate change mitigation efforts. It uses market
mechanisms to offer fuel efficient wood burning stoves to small businesses like
street foods, schools, roadside restaurants, tea/coffee vendors and other commercial
kitchens. This business model has secured investments and has been identified as
one of the top 3 business models in the Asia Pacific region. This approach to create