ICAR-CIRCOT Continuous Feeding Pellet Stove for Burning of Cotton Stalk Pellets

Description : 

Cotton stalks have calorific value of about 4000 kcal/kg and it are a good source for generation of renewable energy. Cotton stalk pellets can prove to be a good and inexpensive alternative to costly proprietary pellets. With the increase in commercial LPG prices and awareness about renewable energy, restaurants are switching over to pellet stoves, a cheap alternative for cooking. The commercially available pellet stoves allow burning of proprietary pellets having ash content less than 1%. Cotton stalk pellets have higher ash content (6-8%) hence, not being utilized in these stoves as it tends to choke ash collection system of the stove. Hence, ICAR- CIRCOT has developed a Continuous Feeding Pellet Stove (CFPS) that can handle pellets having higher 6-8% ash content. Ash formed during combustion process is deposited into the ash collection chamber from where it can be easily removed through ash collection doors, while the pellet stove is in operation. 

Salient Features 

• Stove can handle pellets with 6-8% ash content 
• Stove has provision for removal of ashes while in operation
• Pellet utilization capacity of stove is 6-8 kg /h

Stakeholders : Commercial restaurants and eateries, Food processing industries, Snacks manufacturers, Dhabhas

Benefit to Stakeholders : 

• Utilization of pellets by this stove for cooking saves over 50% costs on fuel as compared to LPG gas price
• Entrepreneurs can start small scale industries for manufacturing of CFPS for cotton stalk pellets
• Environmental friendly as it utilizes renewable biomass and efficiently converts the pellet energy to maximum possible heat energy

Cost : Rs. 0.25 Lakhs 

Status of commercialisation : 

Technology is licensed to M/s. Vidharbha Sales, Nagpur for commercial scale production and marketing. Supplied around 10 Stoves to various hotels and Dhabas

M/s. Vidhabha Sales, Office at No. A-705. Lokmat Building, Ramdas Peth, Wardha Road, Nagpur-440012 (M.S.).

Phone: 9049998890