Design, manufacture and test of a low-cost solar cooker with high-performance light-concentrating lens

Coccia, Gianluca; Aquilanti, Alessia; Tomassetti, Sebastiano; Ishibashi, Akiko; Nicola, Giovanni Di

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2021.06.025

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“…Furthermore, a discount rate of 6% and the lifetime of a novel mixed cooker is 10 years, with no salvage value (S) at the end of the useful life, are assumed. The annual operation and maintenance cost, which varies up to 5% of the capital cost, is considered a Parabolic trough solar thermal cooker 700 El Moussaoui et al 18 Concentrating solar cooker 365 Coccia et al 60 developed new solar cooker 250 variable factor for a given device. Using Equation ( 40), 57 the LCCM can be calculated.…”

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Novel mixed solar cooker: Experimental, energy, exergy, and economic analysis

Benbaha,

Yettou,

Azoui

et al. 2024

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This work focuses on the structure, working, and testing of a new mixed solar cooker using a linear Fresnel collector, evacuated tube and box‐type cooker. The low‐cost components used in the construction of this cooker can help it satisfy the needs of both urban and rural inhabitants who need steady cooking temperatures above 140°C. A family of five can prepare four meals using this modified solar cooker, which costs about $250. The designed solar cooker was tested by conducting no‐load and full‐load tests. For the no‐load test, the maximum temperature of the absorber plate and oil for the new mixed cooker was recorded as 160.26°C and 172.72°C, respectively. The absorber plate of the new mixed cooker and its oil both reached their highest temperatures during the full‐load test at 141.14°C and 157°C, respectively. The energy efficiency of the new cooker is 58.776%, while its exergy efficiency is 13%. The heat transfer coefficient increased to 100.16 W/m² °C. This cooker provides an additional time savings of 60 min. An improvement of 27.5% in the highest temperature reached was seen when the developed cooker's performance was compared with those reported in the literature. Additionally, the new cooker's heat‐storing capability enables up to 3 h of autonomy. The Levelized Cost of Cooking a Meal for the innovative mixed solar cooker is $0.034 per meal.

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Novel mixed solar cooker: Experimental, energy, exergy, and economic analysis

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“…The majority of the reports of tested solar cookers shows that the linear regression expressing the relationship of the cooker power versus the temperature difference between load and ambient has a negative slope [12,17,18,19], but the determined linear regression shown in some reports has an opposite trend as it is the case of GoSun Sizzle cooker [19] and the box solar cooker tested by Sethi et al [20]. The same positive slope would be achieved if the peanut oil test ended at a load temperature of 95 ºC with the box solar cooker of Coccia et al [3].…”

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Proposal of a non-linear curve for reporting the performance of solar cookers

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“…The box cooker was able to cook most kinds of food with an overall utilization efficiency of 26.7%. Recently, a SC with a high-performance light-concentrating lens was tested [32]. Overall efficiencies were found to be from 7 to 11% when silicone oil was the load and from 11 to 26% when water was the load.…”

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Solar Cookers and Dryers: Environmental Sustainability and Nutraceutical Content in Food Processing

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Nicola

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This work reviewed the state of the art concerning solar cookers and dryers used in food processing. The general description of solar cookers and dryers was presented, with a specific attention to the equipment where the cooking takes place with the contribution of the direct sunlight. Some insight about the history of design and development of devices that use solar light to process food were provided. The possibility to store the heat produced by solar light using Phase Change Materials was analyzed. Moreover, some “case-studies” were revised and discussed, in which solar light is efficiently used to dry or cook food, focusing on the quality of the food in terms of nutraceuticals content. The analyzed literature points out the necessity for further research about the effects produced by direct solar rays on different foods. The reliable data on this aspect will allow assessment of the quality of food transformation by solar cookers and dryers, adding a strong incentive to the development of such devices, up to now primarily motivated by energy-saving and environmental issues.

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Design, manufacture and test of a low-cost solar cooker with high-performance light-concentrating lens

Cited by 34 publications

References 35 publications

Novel mixed solar cooker: Experimental, energy, exergy, and economic analysis

Novel mixed solar cooker: Experimental, energy, exergy, and economic analysis

Proposal of a non-linear curve for reporting the performance of solar cookers

Solar Cookers and Dryers: Environmental Sustainability and Nutraceutical Content in Food Processing

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