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| Title: | THE USE OF SAWDUST AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR DOMESTIC COOKING AND AS A MEANS OF REDUCING DEFORESTATION |
| Authors: | BUKOLA O. BOLAJI |
| Keywords: | sawdust stove,
deforestation.
domestic cooking,
alternative energy source, |
| Issue Date: | 2005 |
| Publisher: | Global Journal of Environmental Sciences. |
| Citation: | sawdust stove, alternative energy source, domestic cooking, deforestation. |
| Series/Report no.: | Vol. 4, No. 1,;2005: 73-76 |
| Abstract: | This paper presents the reports on the utilization of sawdust stove as a way of ameliorating the effect of perennial fuel crisis in Nigeria on domestic cooking and a means of reducing deforestation and subsequent desertification. The performance of the sawdust stove, in terms of cooking duration and specific fuel consumption, was compared with a conventional kerosene stove. Results obtained show that it takes less time and fuel material to cook with the sawdust stove than the kerosene stove. |
| Description: | The emergence of perennial fuel crisis in Nigeria has drawn attention to the need for energy experts to further concentrate on producing viable alternatives and/or complements to kerosene and cooking gas for domestic cooking. Hitherto, the most common sources of energy utilised for domestic cooking in Nigeria have been wood, kerosene and gas (LPG). In some homes electricity is also used. Electricity, even though, pollution free, the supply is erratic and unreliable. Gas burns quite efficiently but it is now expensive and out of reach of the common man (Adegoke, 1999). |
| URI: | http://repository.fuoye.edu.ng/handle/123456789/2324 |
| ISSN: | 1596-6194. |
| Appears in Collections: | Mechanical Journal Publications
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