Simulation Studies on Concentrating Type Solar Cookers

A solar dish collector has been designed, fabricated and tested for its performance on 10-03-2015 in Salem, Tamilnadu, India. The experiments on cooking vessels of coated and un-coated with 5 Liters capacity have been used for cooking Rice. The results are shown in graphs. The solar cooker is always capable of cooking food within the expected length of time and based on the solar radiation levels. With minimum cooking power, the coated pressure cooker of 5 Liters capacity cooks the food at faster manner. This is due to the conductivity of the coating material provided in the cooker.

Authors:

• V. K. Krishnan
• T. Balusamy

Keywords:

• Solar cooker
• solar concentrator type
• thermal performance
• simulation.

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