Gloria Boafo-Mensah is a Research Scientist at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Institute of Industrial Research (CSIR-IIR). Her PhD research work is on ‘The Design, Construction and Testing of an Improved Biomass Cookstove’.

The aim of this research is to use locally available clay and bauxite materials to design and construct a biomass cookstove to meet the proposed Ghana Standard for Biomass Cookstoves of baseline benchmark Tier 2 standard of 25% thermal efficiency and minimum performance requirement for both PM 2.5 and CO are 137 mg/MJd and 11 g/MJd respectively. Current stoves manufactured in Ghana are operating between 15% and 20% thermal efficiency, which leads to high consumption of fuel wood due to incomplete combustion.

This intervention is necessary to enable Ghana achieve the global goals of sustainable development; Good Health and well-being (Goal 3), Responsible consumption and production (Goal 12) and Climate Action (Goal 13).

PhD Supervisors

• Dr. Francis Kemausuor (Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, KNUST)
• Dr. Kwadwo Mensah Darkwah (Materials Engineering, KNUST)
• Prof. Rasak Seidu (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU)

Publications

William Owusu Oduro, Maame Adwoa Bentumah Animpong, Joyce Koranteng, Kisiedu Akufo-Kumi, Kofi Ampomah Benefo, Gloria Boafo-Mensah and Eric Fifi Ankamah (2017). Determination of the thermal efficiency of a modified De-Montfort incinerator for the derivation of the net calorific value of medical waste. Journal of the Ghana Science Association, Vol. 17, No. 1

(http://www.ghanascience.org.gh/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Oduro.pdf)

Maame Adwoa Bentumah Animpong, William Owusu Oduro, Joyce Koranteng, Kofi Ampomah-Benefo, Gloria Boafo-Mensah, Kisiedu Akufo-Kumi, Godfred Ofotsu Tottimeh and Joseph Yao Amoah (2017). Coupling effect of waste automotive oil in the preparation of wood reinforced LDPE plastic composites for panels. South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 24, p. 55-61

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1026918516300312)

Kissiedu Akufo-Kumi, Gabriel Nii Laryea, Herbert Obiri, Joseph Yao Amoah, William Owusu Oduro and Gloria Boafo-Mensah(2014) Design, Construction and Test operation of a Thermal Incinerator for medical waste at Abokobi Health Centre in Ghana, Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Vol 19,Nos 1&2

(https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jast/article/view/108232

G. Boafo-Mensah, K. Ampomah-Benefo, M. A. B. Animpong, W. O. Oduro, E. N. Kotey, K. Akufo-Kumi and G. N. Laryea, (2013). Thermal Efficiency of Charcoal Fired Cook stoves in Ghana, Global Advance Research Journal of Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ISSN: 2315-5124) Vol. 2(3) pp. 102-110.

(http://garj.org/garjeti/3/2013/2/3/thermal-efficiency-of-charcoal-fired-cookstoves-in-ghana

Maame Adwoa Bentumah Animpong, William Owusu Oduro, Gloria Boafo-Mensah, Kofi Ampomah-Benefo, Joyce Koranteng and Bosompemaa Gyamera (2013) Assessment of the risk of metals and halogen contaminants in waste automotive engine oil, International Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 181-186.

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1026918516300312

Kofi Ampomah-Benefo, Maame Adwoa Bentumah Animpong, Gloria Boafo-Mensah, William Owusu Oduro, Ebenezer Neequaye Kotey and Herbert Akonor Obiri (2013), Achieving sustainable consumption of electricity through energy audit: A case study of a public sector institution in Ghana, International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 1487-1498

(https://isdsnet.com/ijds-v2n2-78.pdf)