UPSC Articles
New Gas Stove for Domestic PNG
Part of: Prelims and GS-III -Economy
Context The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas recently informed that a novel fuel efficient domestic cooking stove for Piped Natural Gas (PNG) has been developed by Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) in collaboration with CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun.
Key takeaways
- This is the first product of its kind in the Country.
- Entire combustion system has been customised in this new stove to handle PNG.
- The stove has been optimised to have the highest thermal efficiency of around 55% in comparison to the maximum efficiency of 40% for the modified LPG stoves
- It has a cost almost similar to a normal LPG stove.
