Get more from every cylinder.
Arko's burner draws more heat from the same gas, so each cylinder lasts longer and burns cleaner.
Developed in a leading Indian energy research laboratory. Patent filed.
A conventional burner loses about a third of its heat.
An open flame spreads heat in every direction. Only part of it reaches the pan. The rest passes into the air around it, and that gas was paid for too.
India imports more than half of its cooking gas. Fuel a burner wastes is fuel the country has to import.
Open flame: heat spreads outward and escapes.
So we changed how it burns.
In Arko, the flame sits inside a surface that glows and radiates its heat upward, onto the pan. Less heat escapes to the sides, so more of the gas does useful work.
Radiant surface: heat is directed up into the pan.
What that measures out to.
- Roughly 15 to 18% less gas for the same cooking, depending on the stove replaced.
- 2.0 to 2.6 kg saved on a standard 14.2 kg household cylinder.
- Carbon monoxide of 0 to 30 ppm and NOx of 0 to 9 ppm, measured in operation.
- Stable across 20, 30 and 90 mbar, the regulator pressures used with PNG and LPG.
Figures measured under India's standard water boiling test, IS 4246. What you save in practice depends on the stove replaced and how it is used.
In a commercial kitchen, it pays back in months.
A kitchen going through six cylinders a month saves close to one of them, about ₹2,000 at current prices. On the commercial unit, that pays back the burner in three to five months.
Roughly one cylinder in six, saved.
It runs on more than one fuel.
Arko runs on LPG and PNG today, tested across the regulator pressures used in Indian kitchens. The same design is built for biogas and for the hydrogen blends being introduced into India's gas network, with no change of hardware.
Questions we get asked.
- How much gas does the Arko burner actually save?
- Roughly 15 to 18% less gas for the same cooking, depending on the stove it replaces. On a standard 14.2 kg cylinder that is about 2.0 to 2.6 kg saved.
- How efficient is it compared with a conventional burner?
- Up to 83% thermal efficiency, against 62 to 68% for a conventional burner, measured under IS 4246 on the same test.
- What is IS 4246?
- IS 4246 is the Indian standard water boiling test used to measure the thermal efficiency of domestic gas stoves. Both the conventional and the Arko figures above come from that test, so they are directly comparable.
- Which fuels does it run on?
- LPG and PNG today, tested across the regulator pressures used in Indian kitchens. The same design is built for biogas and for the hydrogen blends being introduced into India's gas network, with no change of hardware.
- Will it work at my regulator pressure?
- It is stable across 20, 30 and 90 mbar, the regulator pressures used with PNG and LPG in India.
- What does it emit?
- Carbon monoxide of 0 to 30 ppm and NOx of 0 to 9 ppm, measured in operation.
- How quickly does it pay for itself in a commercial kitchen?
- A kitchen going through six cylinders a month saves close to one of them, about ₹2,000 at current prices. On the commercial unit that pays back the burner in three to five months.
- Who can buy it right now?
- Arko Energy is starting with commercial kitchens in India — restaurants, canteens, hostels, hotels and cloud kitchens. Tell us about yours through the form on this page and we will be in touch.
Come and see it work.
We are starting with commercial kitchens. Tell us a little about yours and we will be in touch.
Or email us directly at founders@arkoenergy.in