Kitchen Chimney
Product/Process
Central Building Research Institute has designed a chimney for extraction of smoke from domestic kitchen.
The chimney hood is made in the shape of a quarter of a cone with 0.65 m radius of the base and 60o apex angle. A 0.21 m dia cylindrical pipe or smooth plastered rectangular masonry duct is mounted atop the hood. A lid is mounted 0.1 m above the flue projecting 0.05 m all around. The grating made of a stretched piece of ordinary fly screen is inserted at the joint of hood and flue. This design effects smokeless environment in the kitchen
Areas of Application
These chimney can be used for a Smoke-free kitchen in rural areas.
Equipments \ Raw Materials
GI sheets or masonry work, no other major machinery is required.
Stage of Development
Installed in a few houses on experimental basis.
Economic Data
Rs. 500/chimney.
Transfer Forms: Supply of system, installation and commissioning, technical assistance for operations etc.
