Side-Feed Forced-Air Biomass Burning Cookstove

A method of reducing emissions from a biomass stove, the method comprising:

• placing a gas into an interior chamber of nozzle, the nozzle positioned at or near a flame;
• increasing the pressure of the gas within the nozzle;
• expelling a volume of the gas from the nozzle through a plurality of outlet orifices defined by the outer surface of the nozzle;
• and
• directing the injected gas into a flame within a combustion chamber of the biomass stove, wherein the gas decreases the amount of at least one pollutant exiting the biomass stove.

A method of reducing particulate emissions from a biomass stove, the method comprising:

• drawing a gas into a chamber, the gas comprising greater than about 15% O2;
• channeling the gas from the chamber into a nozzle having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the nozzle defining a circular tube having a plurality of outlet orifices on the inner surface of the circle, wherein the outlet orifices allow a gas to travel from the interior of the tube and toward the center of the circle;
• increasing the pressure of the gas within the interior of the nozzle;
• expelling a volume of the pressurized gas from the nozzle at a velocity of between about 5 meters per second and 20 meters per second;
• and
• directing the injected gas into a flame within a combustion chamber of the biomass stove, wherein the gas decreases the amount of at least one pollutant exiting the biomass stove by greater than about 25% relative the stove lacking a nozzle or lacking a pressurized gas within the nozzle.