Abstract Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is considered to be a clean burning domestic cooking fuel across the world. The Government of India is promoting use of LPG as cooking fuel among Indian population. Refilling of LPG is not affordable to poor families. It is difficult for the Government to reduce price of LPG cylinders. In such a situation, to make LPG affordable, it is necessary to investigate methods for efficient utilization of LPG. The present work reports results of laboratory experiments conducted to investigate the best combination of pot size for common cooking processes viz. heating of a milk, making of a tea and cooking of a rice. For each type of cooking process, the amount of food items are decided as per need of a family of four members, based on the survey conducted in eighty households. Four types of pots are selected for each type of cooking process and three settings of flame of a smaller burner of domestic LPG stove viz. high, medium and low are used. Each experiment is repeated thrice and uncertainty analysis is conducted using Student's t-test. Based on the experimental results, recommendations are given regarding use of pot size.

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国内部分蒸煮工艺中液化气罐设计及利用效率的实验研究

摘要 液化石油气（LPG）在世界范围内被认为是一种清洁燃烧的家用烹饪燃料。印度政府正在向印度人推广使用液化石油气作为烹饪燃料。贫困家庭负担不起液化石油气的加注。政府很难降低液化石油气气瓶的价格。在这种情况下，要使 LPG 负担得起，就必须研究有效利用 LPG 的方法。目前的工作报告了实验室实验的结果，这些实验旨在研究常见烹饪过程的锅尺寸的最佳组合，即。加热牛奶，泡茶，煮饭。对于每一种烹饪过程，食物的数量是根据一个四口之家的需要，根据对八十户家庭进行的调查来决定的。每种烹饪过程选择四种类型的锅和家用液化石油气炉的较小燃烧器的三种火焰设置。使用高、中、低。每个实验重复三次，并使用学生 t 检验进行不确定性分析。根据实验结果，给出了关于使用锅尺寸的建议。