3. Results and discussions ‘Table 3 Results from the Water Boiling Tests HIGH POWERAVERAGE Units BMSmall_ BMMec Average Remarks Time to boil Pot # 1 min 343 BLT 33.0 BM small had a smaller combustion chamber that contained Burning rate pimin 5.2 62 5.7 less charcoal than BM Large. As such, it took longer to boil S Thermal efficiency % 32.0% 28.1% 30.1% litres of water. BMSmall had a high power thermal efficiency Specific fuel consumption pilitee 35.5 39.9 37.7 of 32.0 % whereas BMMedium had 28.1%. However, BM Specific Energy consumption kifliter_ 1,057.8 1,189.2. —1,123.5_ Large was more powerful (fire power 3096.2Watts) than Firepower waits: 2,583.6 3,096.2 2,839.9 _BMSmall (fire power 2583.6 Watts) LOW POWER (SIMMER) Burning rate gin 20 24 22 The low power thermal efficiencies of BMSmall and Thermal efficiency % 568% 62.9% 59.9% BMMedium were 56.8% and 62.9.2% respectively. However, Specific fuel consumption 26.7 23.9 a higher thermal efficiency may not be a good measure of Specific energy consumption 629.8 795.9 712.9 strong performance in simmer. The specific fuel consumption Firepower 998.4 1,197.6 1,098.0 _ in this case is a better indicator of stove performance. Tum down ratio ~ 24 25 24 BENCHMARK VALUES (for SL) Fuel Use Benchmark Value 283.2 336.1 309.6 BMSmall consumed 283.2 g of charcoal to boil and simmer 5 Energy Use Benchmark Value kJ 8,438.3 10,016.4 9,227.4 _ litres of water compared to 336.2g consur ved by BMLagre. IWA PERFORMANCE METRICS Thermal Efficiency == 32.0% 28.3% 30.2% BMSmall performed better than BMMedium on boih high Low Power SFC Mil(minL) 0.014 0.018 0.016 power thermal efficiency and low power Sp Fuel consumption TWA PERFORMANCE TIERS Thermal Efficiency 2 aes 2 Tier2 implies the siove has substantial improvement over baseline. Low Power Specific Fuel Consumption 4 3 4 Stretch goals for targeting ambitious health & environmental outcomes As determined from the lowest tier score, the overail Tier for BM stove is Tier 2; the baseline stove’ « is implies that the stove has a *substant mprovement over