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Table 1 Default parameters used for calculating carbon dioxide emissions using ICS

From: Fuelwood use and carbon emission reduction of improved biomass cookstoves: evidence from kitchen performance tests in Tigray, Ethiopia

Parameter

Value

Source

Annual wood saving per stove

From KPT

Field survey

Net calorific value fuelwood (wet basis)

15 MJ/kg

(Hall et al. 1994)

Emission factor fuelwood

112 g·CO2/MJ

(IPCC 2006)

Fraction of non-renewable biomass

88%

(UNFCC 2011)