Improvement of the Efficiency of Traditional Chula

Authors

  • M. M. Hossain Associate Professsor, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • M. Maksudul Alam Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61361/jambe.v1i1.33

Keywords:

Traditional Chula, Heat, Efficiency

Abstract

A series of experiments were conducted to find out the best dimension combination of the 4-hole type Traditional chula with the aim of obtaining maximum heat utilisation efficiency (HUE). Four dimension parameters were considered in the experiment, such as, hearth diameter, hearth height, mouth diameter and hole area. The effect of these parameters on the HUE was also tested statistically. Experiments were carried out on 4 different sizes of chula. Dimension combination was found different for different sizes of chula at maximum efficiency. Maximum HUE was 21.55, 21.54, 25.05 and 24.4% for the hearth diameter of 180, 220, 260 and 300 mm respectively.

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Published

1994-12-31

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (1994)

Section

Original Research

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