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Super Aung-Loa : High efficiency Chinese earthen stove

A super Aung-Loa is a Chinese charcoal brazier (eastern stove) which is develop from the original Aung-Loa. The Stove was inefficient to improve both the form and features, help save charcoal more than 30 percent in- take on traditional cooking stoves. Aung-Loa is a device for cooking food since ancient times for Thai people.It design to support user usage of cooking and the shortage of resources and deforestation. Nowadays it be famous in countryside of Thailand or use in street food shop (roadside food).

History

An origin Aung-Loa is the charcoal earthen stove was developed from indigenous knowledge way of cooking which is use 3 pieces of stone used as stove burner as for the boiler. Some of the stones are set on an elevated ground in the kitchen or on the ground there. Use the Aung-Loa Brazier cause direct damage to nature because it requires firewood and charcoal for cooking. Villagers have to cut wood to be used as firewood. Over time to further destruction of natural resources is increasing steadily.

Material and design

There are 2 main material Clay and Grog. Clay is generally used dark gray clay to molding the brazier. Soil contamination (Grog) is made from a mixture of clay and chaff. Bring mold in balls then fire until done and then crushed to various sizes as desired, then mixed with clay before being molded into new products. Super Aung-Loa have more lightweight, made of high quality durable molding clay than origin brazier clay. Super Aung-Loa proportion create a better usage. The shape of the Aung-Loa brazier is designed for better heat circulation.

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