The DIY 'Chulha' Stove

Designboom reports:

The chulha creates a safer environment for indoor cooking in several ways:
- this includes trapping smoke and heat inside a locally cast housing in such a way to heat two pot holes with a high rate of efficiency to require less fuel
- it then directs the smoke through a chimney chamber that includes a stack of slotted clay tablets, which capture particles as the smoke moves through, cleaning the exhaust before it leaves the assembly.the overall design has kept with traditional stoves in india.

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