China Association of Rural Energy Industry (CAREI) is a national non-profit organization affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture of China. CAREI founded on 3 Jone 1992 and has six divisions in different fields related to renewable energy. In past years, CAREI did many projects promoting renewable energy,including solar energy, biogas, and biomass improved stoves. In addition, CAREI alleviates IAP in farmer’s kitchens through providing clean renewable energy and monitoring IAP for farmers and government officials.
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Our Focus
East Asia and the Pacific
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
The primary function of stoves in rural China is cooking and heating with biomass and coal as fuel which, accounts for about 40 percent of total domestic energy needs. Direct burning not only wastes plenty of fuel but also causes serious indoor pollution. At present, stoves are not largely commercialized in the rural areas but are constructed at home. The rural people have yet to realize the importance of indoor air quality.
We have done a lot in market development of rural stoves in China. In recent year, a series of biomass gasified and semi-gasified low emission stoves were introduced into the market. The enterprisers disseminated the stoves to households by way of commercialization. The government is working to demonstrate these stoves in demonstration sites.
Relevant standards for air pollutant emission and indoor air quality are as below: GB/T16157-1996 Particulates measurement and sampling method of gassy pollutants for stationary pollutant emission source HJ/T57-2000 Determination of sulfur dioxide from exhausted gas of stationary source fixed - potential electrolysis method GB12205-1990 Chemical analysis method for main composition of manufactured fuel gas GB13271-2001 Emission standard of air pollutants for coal-burning oil-burning gas-fired boiler GB/T18883-2002 Indoor air quality standards GB9801-88 Air quality - Determination of carbon monoxide - Non-dispersive infrared spectrometry GB/T17095-1997 Hygienic standard for inhalable particulate matter in indoor air
According to the work plan and progress of the USEPA project “Scale-up of High-Efficiency Low-Emissions Biomass Household Stoves in Western China” and the development of CDM activities by the project team, surveys and field experiments were conducted to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of new semi-gasifier biomass stoves. These activities include Kitchen Surveys (KS), Kitchen Performance Tests (KPT) and Indoor Air Pollution monitoring (IAP), which was carried out during the period of August, 2008 to April, 2009 in the Chinese regions of Shanxi, Chongqing and Tibetan areas in Sichuan. The results are: KS for 640 HHs, a biomass stove can save about 1.5- 2.0 tons coal per HH per year. KPT for 210HHs, a biomass stove uses 6.99kg corn cobs per HH per day and will substitute 1.79T coal per year IAP for 68 HHs, CO reduced 38.7%，PM2.5 reduced 64.8%，SO2 almost reduced 100%.
Relevant Publications or Studies
1. Monthly issued Bulletin of Rural Renewable Energy and Eco-environment (only in Chinese). 2. Quarterly issued Project Newsletters (in both English and Chinese versions) for the Sino-Dutch Cooperation project.
Our Contribution to the Partnership
As a member of the partnership, we are interested to share experiences and information with partners, and collaborate in RRE promotion.