In general, the study has aimed at providing a complete performance evaluation criterion for solar cookers irrespective of their geometrical design and also comparing the thermal performances of different types of solar cookers. Recent experimental studies considering conventional and novel geometrical ...
The water heating load seems to have a very small effect on the average energy and exergy rates of the solar box cookers. The parabolic dish solar cooker has the lowest average energy efficiencies at lower loads. At higher loads, the energy efficiencies of the parabolic dish solar cooker ...
Solar cooker making can be done using a cardboard box with less cost in a few hours. This solar cooker works very well. Solar cookers are classified into three types such as solar panel cooker, solar parabolic cooker and solar box cooker. From these three kinds of cookers, parabolic cooker...
The first-generation pressure cookers are the typical old-style or traditional type of cookers. These models have the basic features only and rely on the weight-modified valve for pressure cooking. This valve jiggles around while cooking and regulates the pressure inside the cooker. Usually, it ...
Experiments were done on rice cooked by two types of home automatic electric cookers, National SR-10FH (directly heating type) and Toshiba RC-103 (indirectly heatingtype), in order to see whether the same positional differences in taste could be found as those observed in the previous reports...
A evaluation of the conduction heat loss over their cover for four different solar cookers box-type (1. Square solar cooker with inner reflectors placed in right angles, 2. Square solar cooker with inner reflector placed in different angles, 3. Rectangular solar cooker with inner reflectors ...
Solar cookers working at intermediate temperature (120-240 degrees C) promise faster propagation of solar cooking technology as they offer a range of cooking options with reduced cooking time. As the thermal losses in such cases would be relatively high, it is pertinent to develop an appropriate ...
In this work, the performance of a low-cost solar box cooker (SBC) is experimentally investigated by fixing fins to the cooking utensils to improve the thermal performance and cooking rate. Four different configurations of water-based cooking boxes were evaluated: without fins, and with pin, ...
It is beneficial for the consumer to have solar cookers of various varieties in terms of geometrical designs, performance and price but it is also a challenge to develop a uniform test standard for evaluating the thermal performance of the cookers irrespective of their geometrical construction. In ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Cooking With Different Fuels and the Reduction Potential of Solar CookersMarlett WentzelPalmer Development ConsultingPretoria