Performance study of solar cooker with modified utensil

A performance study of the box-type solar cooker was made with special emphasis on the shape of lid of the utensils used in a solar cooker. The study revealed that the performance of a solar cooker can be improved if a utensil with a concave shape lid is used instead of a plain lid, generally provid...

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Published inRenewable energy Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 121 - 129
Main Authors Gaur, A, Singh, O.P, Singh, S.K, Pandey, G.N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.1999
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Applied sciences
Energy
Equipments, installations and applications
Exact sciences and technology
Natural energy
Solar energy
Solar thermal conversion
Geometrical shape
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Solar cooking device
Experimental study
Performance
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Summary:A performance study of the box-type solar cooker was made with special emphasis on the shape of lid of the utensils used in a solar cooker. The study revealed that the performance of a solar cooker can be improved if a utensil with a concave shape lid is used instead of a plain lid, generally provided with the solar cooker. The stagnation temperature for a utensil having a concave lid was about 2–7% more than the utensil with a normal lid. The time required for heating the water up to the same temperature in both the utensils was reduced by about 1–13% when a concave shape lid was used.
ISSN:0960-1481
1879-0682
DOI:10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00762-9