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Indoor Particulate Matter Concentration, Water Boiling Time, and Fuel Use of Selected Alternative Cookstoves in a Home-Like Setting in Rural Nepal

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  • Kristen D. Ojo

    (Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Current address: Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.)

  • Sutyajeet I. Soneja

    (Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA)

  • Carolyn G. Scrafford

    (Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Current address: Exponent, Inc., 1150 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA.)

  • Subarna K. Khatry

    (Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi—Harioun, Sarlahi 45804, Nepal)

  • Steven C. LeClerq

    (Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi—Harioun, Sarlahi 45804, Nepal)

  • William Checkley

    (Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1800 Orleans Ave., Suite 9121, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA)

  • Joanne Katz

    (Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA)

  • Patrick N. Breysse

    (Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA)

  • James M. Tielsch

    (Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave., NW Suite 400, Washington, DC 20052, USA)

Abstract

Alternative cookstoves are designed to improve biomass fuel combustion efficiency to reduce the amount of fuel used and lower emission of air pollutants. The Nepal Cookstove Trial (NCT) studies effects of alternative cookstoves on family health. Our study measured indoor particulate matter concentration (PM 2.5 ), boiling time, and fuel use of cookstoves during a water-boiling test in a house-like setting in rural Nepal. Study I was designed to select a stove to be used in the NCT; Study II evaluated stoves used in the NCT. In Study I, mean indoor PM 2.5 using wood fuel was 4584 μg/m 3 , 1657 μg/m 3 , and 2414 μg/m 3 for the traditional, alternative mud brick stove (AMBS-I) and Envirofit G-series, respectively. The AMBS-I reduced PM 2.5 concentration but increased boiling time compared to the traditional stove ( p -values < 0.001). Unlike AMBS-I, Envirofit G-series did not significantly increase overall fuel consumption. In Phase II, the manufacturer altered Envirofit stove (MAES) and Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi (NNIPS) altered Envirofit stove (NAES), produced lower mean PM 2.5 , 1573 μg/m 3 and 1341 μg/m 3 , respectively, relative to AMBS-II 3488 μg/m 3 for wood tests. The liquid propane gas stove had the lowest mean PM 2.5 concentrations, with measurements indistinguishable from background levels. Results from Study I and II showed significant reduction in PM 2.5 for all alternative stoves in a controlled setting. In study I, the AMBS-I stove required more fuel than the traditional stove. In contrast, in study II, the MAES and NAES stoves required statistically less fuel than the AMBS-II. Reductions and increases in fuel use should be interpreted with caution because the composition of fuels was not standardized—an issue which may have implications for generalizability of other findings as well. Boiling times for alternative stoves in Study I were significantly longer than the traditional stove—a trade-off that may have implications for acceptability of the stoves among end users. These extended cooking times may increase cumulative exposure during cooking events where emission rates are lower; these differences must be carefully considered in the evaluation of alternative stove designs.

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  • Kristen D. Ojo & Sutyajeet I. Soneja & Carolyn G. Scrafford & Subarna K. Khatry & Steven C. LeClerq & William Checkley & Joanne Katz & Patrick N. Breysse & James M. Tielsch, 2015. "Indoor Particulate Matter Concentration, Water Boiling Time, and Fuel Use of Selected Alternative Cookstoves in a Home-Like Setting in Rural Nepal," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-24, July.
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