Chinese company launches a smoke reducing stove accessory
2019-11-08 chinadaily.com.cn Editor:Mo Hong'e
Jet-flame is an add-on accessory to Shengzhou Stove Manufacturer wood-burning rocket stoves. (Provided to China Daily)
Shengzhou Stove Manufacturer on Wednesday launched a wood cook stove accessory that helps to reduce smoke and improve burning efficiency, either in open fires, traditional stoves or the company's wood-burning rocket stoves.
Dubbed Jet-Frame, the accessory has a fan that blows powerful jets of air underneath the fire, through the charcoal and into the flames, creating intense heat and very little smoke.
Speaking during the launch event at a Nairobi hotel, Wang Chenkai, the company's division business manager, said the accessory can reduce up to 80 percent of the smoke and save up to 60 percent of fuel.
"Jet-flame can be used as a stand-alone addition to an open fire or traditional stove or as an add-on accessory to our wood-burning rocket stoves," Wang said.
The accessory is usually connected to a USB power supply while in use and retails for $10.
"The product is affordable and we believe it will greatly help developing countries in reducing open fires emissions," Wang said.
Jack Shen (left), the CEO of Shengzhou Stove Manufacturer gifts and Andrew Kipkemoi (right), an employee at the Chinese embassy in Kenya, are seen with a Jet-Flame during a launch event in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov 6, 2019. [Edith Mutethya/China Daily]
According to the World Health Organization, the emitted smoke from cooking kills 4.3 million people every year, more deaths than those caused by malaria, tuberculosis and HIV combined, making it one of the most lethal environmental health risks.
The technology embedded into the Jet Flame was produced by Global Good, which spent one and a half years developing the technology.
David Evitt, the chief operating officer at Aprovecho Research Center who participated in the final design of Jet-Flame, said the product's life span is three to five years.
"We will work with users to quantify the performance in the fumes, as well as find the geographies (areas) and regions that are best for Jet-Flame. We also will continue to produce the product to make it applicable to a wider range of context," Evitt said.
Wang Chenkai, division business manager at Shengzhou Stove Manufacturer, displays a Jet-Flame during a launch event in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov 6, 2019. [Edith Mutethya/China Daily]
Attendants at the Jet-Flame launch event take a photo after the launch of the product in Nairobi, Kenya on Nov 6, 2019. (Edith Mutethya/China Daily)
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