Mr. Prem Huidrom Iboyaima Singh

Imphal East, Manipur

Profile Innovator Mr. Prem Huidrom Iboyaima Singh hails from the Imphal East district of Manipur.   Purpose Mr. Prem Huidrom Iboyaima Singh has faced problems with the traditional biomass stove he designed the mini biomass stove for personal use. Technical details It consists of two functional parts: 1)     A pentagonal shape stove measuring about 8 inches in height. It is made up of GI plain sheet. The main body of the stove acts combustion chamber which is perforated at the base to regulate airflow. One split metal sheet is mounted above the body of the stove and four number of equidistant angular metal sheets are attached on which container to be heated is placed. The fuel inlet and the air inlet is attached horizontally at the sideway of the body. 2)     A cylindrical water vessel having a capacity of about 10 liters is attached through an 8 mm copper pipe. This 8 mm hollow copper pipe is coiled just above the heating chamber to get maximum heat during operation. The vessel is filled with water and the stove is ignited using firewood. As the fire flame started heating the copper coil, water flowing through the pipe is heated and pushed upward. While cold water flows from the lower pipe fitted to the vessel towards the heated coil and warm water flows back to the vessel. The same cycle follows repeatedly until the water in the vessel is boiled. Thus at the same time stove is utilized for cooking and boiling water purposes. Splints of firewood and bamboo can be used as fuel. Feeding of fuel is done directly by inserting horizontally into the combustion chamber.  Operation is continuous by feeding fuel manually as when required. Performance According to the innovator claim cost of this stove is around 1000 RS. Benefits It is low cost and required less maintenance.