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SOLAR COOKER
Session:2018-2019
Disadvantages:
Costly and complicated to make and use have to
turn frequently to follow the sun.
Generally more expensive than panel and box
cookers.
Housewife has to cook the food out of doors in the
sun hence it is not favoured.
PANEL COOKER:
Cooking pot is enclosed by a panel of reflectors.
Eight reflectors made of silvered glass mirrors, four of
square shape (35x35x0.3) and four of tringular shape
(35,25,0.2x0.3).
Sunlight is reflected off of multiple panel onto a pot under
a glass lid or in a bag.
Can be built quickly and at low cost
Many different varieties
Popular with relief agencies
WORKING:
It incorporates elements of both parabolic and box solar
cookers.
The reflective panel directs sunlight onto a dark colored
pot.
The pot is enclosed in an insulting shell such as high
temperature cooking bag or an inverted bowl.
On very clear days, maximum plate temperature in the
oven reaches to 350⁰C and 250 ⁰C in winter season.
Practically all types of food preparations like cooking ,
Roasting, Baking and Boiling can be done within 25 to 75
minutes under clear sky conditions.
The Bati (a local preparation, generally in Rajasthan and
M.P. ) can be prepared in this oven.
SCHEFFLER DISHES
A scheffler reflector is a small lateral
section of a paraboloid which concentrates
sun’s radiation over a fixed focus.
The collector of Scheffler Dish is an
assembly of flat shaped solar grade glass
mirrors or Aluminum mirror reflectors
arranged on a structural steel framework.
The receiver of scheffler dish is placed at
the focus of the dish to capture the incident
solar radiation and transfer it to the thermal
medium.
Tracking system enables the dish to be
focused towards the sun to capture
maximum possible direct radiation during
the day.
Some of the common applications where Scheffler
steam systems are used are:
Boiler feed water preheating
Oil heating for cooking or industrial applications
Steam cooking
Consists of heliostat and
secondary reflector.
Heliostat concentrates the
beam on to the secondary
reflector which focuses it on
to the bottom of pot.
When not cooking the energy
can be used for heating water
or can be stored.
The Sai Baba temple complex at
Shirdi, Maharastra’s Ahmednagar
district, has installed one of the
world’s largest solar cooking system
based on schfeller dishes.
The solar rays are used to heat up
water to generate steam which is
directed through pipes in to steam
cookers to cook food.
The steam cooked food along with
food cooked with LPG is enough to
feed 50,000 persons a day. The
system saves 242Kg of cooking gas.
ADVANTAGES:
It is a renewable energy
The solar cooker requires neither fuel
It is not continuous.
It cannot be used during rainy season or cloudy
conditions.
Performance could be affected by strong winds
𝞰=(M*Cp*▲T) / (Iav*Ain*t)
Assuming Cp = 4180KJ/Kg
0.4=(2*4180*70)/(700*2*t)