In _____ stoves, the smoky exhaust passes through a coated, ceramic honeycomb that ignites particulates and smoke gases.

In catalytic stoves, the design incorporates a coated, ceramic honeycomb structure that serves to ignite particulates and smoke gases in the exhaust. This innovative feature allows for a more complete combustion process, significantly reducing emissions and increasing efficiency.

The ceramic material aids in maintaining the necessary temperatures for the catalytic reaction to occur, allowing for harmful gases and particulates that would otherwise be expelled into the environment to be converted into less harmful substances. This results in cleaner emissions and more effective heat generation, making catalytic stoves an environmentally friendly option compared to other types of stoves.

Non-catalytic stoves, for example, rely on a different combustion process and do not use a catalytic converter to enhance efficiency. Hybrid stoves combine features from both catalytic and non-catalytic designs, but they do not emphasize the ceramic honeycomb process for ignition. Traditional stoves typically do not have advanced emission control features and therefore do not achieve the same level of efficiency and reduced pollution as catalytic stoves.