If we overlap the maps 1 and 2, we decipher that the Developing countries are major sugarcane growing areas in the world.

 

This led to the idea of generating Bio-fuel as a by-product of the agricultural produce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Concept:

 

To convert the untapped excessive heat energy produced during cooking and boiling of water into electrical energy, using the ‘Seebeck Effect’ and

Thermophiles.

 

 

The idea is to cultivate combustion fuel along with the edible agricultural produce, so that the fertile land is not exclusively utilized to generate biofuels (if so, the price of the fuel might reduce, but the price of the edible items might increase, thereby leading to similar crisis with further disadvantages).

 

 

 

Drawbacks of the existing combustion fuel:

 

Existing combustion fuel: Kerosene

 

Disadvantages:

 

• Excessive smoke and soot around the user, causing severe health threats on prolonged usage. 

• Periodic increase in the selling price of kerosene and speedy depletion of fossil fuels.

 

Due to the above mentioned primary drawbacks, there is a need to generate an alternative solution, which can be easily adopted into the daily lifestyle of the users.

 

The heat energy produced while cooking and boiling water is dissipated into the surrounding environment in the existing design of stoves.

 

 

Overview:

 

The proposed design converts this untapped heat energy (which otherwise is not useful) and converts it into electricity with the help of easily available TEG (thermo-electric generators) and Seebeck effect. This would aid the users to generate their own electricity to light up their houses using LEDs, which are more efficient than the conventional bulbs or CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps). With this improvisation the user and their families would be able to read, study or work even after dusk, thereby increasing their efficiency, daily income and help them to benefit from the government night school programs.

 

Proposed Combustion fuel: Ethanol (biofuel) 

 

The design projects a greener future and hints towards an industrious growth potential.

 

 

Impact on User's life:

 

• The users shall be able to generate their own electricity, which shall be more efficient than the government electricity grid system for the rural areas, as it eliminates the heavy losses in transmission (efficiency of electric power plants are rated at 30%, and the losses due to transmission and distribution amount to further 20%, resulting in the overall efficiency of the electric power at the household socket to 24%).

 

• The user shall not be dependent on the government or the international market for fuel. 

 

• The user can generate his own safe drinking water, which shall give him and his family a healthy future. 

 

• The user can cook his food, using his/her own fuel priced as low as Rs. 15/litre, which cooks food for a family of five for 2 days and boils water for 40 min. This shall help him save more money, which can be better utilized for education.

 

• The electricity generated from the heat, can be used to power an LED in the evening, which shall add at least three hours per person per day of work and add to personal efficiency. The illumination can aid the family to work in shifts to prosper cottage industries, handicrafts, protect them poisonous reptiles, and help the children to study in the night, while the day is occupied in earning livelihood.

 

These combined benefits aim to brighten the future of the rural areas and generate a better standard of living for them instead of luring them to migrate to larger cities for livelihood and better standard of living. This shall help the larger cities from getting over populated and aid in distributing the resources proportionately across 

the country.

 

 

The user shall benefit from a cleaner living environment than the existing kerosene wick based cook stove or hurricane lamps, with lesser soot formation, smoke and sound emission.