The global increase in population coupled with poor access to clean energy has set
pressure on solid fuel use. Through this, about one-third of the world's population currently …

The several furniture-making phases, from cutting to processing to polishing, produce a
significant volume of sawdust of differing grades. The extraction and disposal of such waste …

In developing countries, energy demand from biomass has increased due to exponential
population growth. This has translated into voluminous quantities of wood being used. The …

Background Injera is food consumed daily by Ethiopians like bread and rice in other parts of
the world. Biomass stoves are used to bake Injera in most rural households. The …

Half of the world's population relies on biomass fuels for cooking and heating, which
contributes to global forest depletion that leads to environmental and human health impacts …

The performance of an Ethiopian-designed and built-in gasifier stove was studied and
evaluated. The water boiling test (WBT) findings are reported. This test was conducted in a …

Biomass is a major source of cooking energy in Rwanda. This high dependence on biomass
strongly contributes to forest degradation, biodiversity loss, and atmospheric pollution …

Co-thermochemical conversion of coal and biomass can potentially decrease the use of
fossil carbon and pollutant emissions. This work presents experimental results for the so …

Abstract Background In Ethiopia, biomass contributes to about 92% of the household fuel
consumption. As a result, deforestation rate has alarmingly increased associated with …

More than 90% of the rural population in Rwanda (72% of the total population) utilizes the
inefficient traditional three-stone fireplaces (TSF), and 65% of the urban population uses …