Experimental investigation of a solar cooker based on parabolic dish collector with phase change thermal storage unit in Indian climatic conditions

Chaudhary, Ankur; Kumar, Amit; Yadav, Avadhesh

doi:10.1063/1.4794962

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“…Experimental results revealed by the authors showed that the boiling time of 7 kgs water was reduced by 20 minutes and increment in cooking power by 275% when cooking pot was kept inside a glass box. A solar cooker based on parabolic dish was experimentally studied by Chaudhary et al [22].…”

Section: Solar Cooking Based On Etc(evacuated Tube Collector)mentioning

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Compatibility of Concentrating and Non Concentrating Solar Collectors with Cooking Applications for Different Cooking Needs

Chaudhary¹,

Yadav²

2019

IJEAT

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Amid numerous sources of energy, solar energy possesses calibre to combat energy requisite for various sectors. A lot of significant research work has been carried out on solar energy to maximize its applications and efficiency of available designs. Among many applications, cooking is the one of the dominant application of solar energy. Other than basic design of box type solar cooker, solar collectors are employed in solar cooking system for the feasibility of more effective cooking. This manuscript inhibits various cooking system based on solar collectors like FPC(flat plate collector),ETC (evacuated tube collector),PDC(parabolic dish collector), PTC(parabolic trough collector), fresnel lens based collector and scheffler reflector type collector. Solar collectors based cooker designs render compatibility of cooking regarding cooking load, cost, cooking type, ease of operation and cooking time

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Section: Solar Cooking Based On Etc(evacuated Tube Collector)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Compatibility of Concentrating and Non Concentrating Solar Collectors with Cooking Applications for Different Cooking Needs

Chaudhary¹,

Yadav²

2019

IJEAT

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“…The system achieved high temperatures up to 130°C without tracking when erythritol was used as a PCM, which was sufficient to cook food during late evening. Chaudhary et al [4] investigated a solar cooker based on parabolic dish collector with phase change material. It was observed that solar cooker with phase change material having outer surface painted black along with glazing stores 32.3% more heat as compared to PCM in ordinary solar cooker.…”

Section: Department Of Mechanical Engineering National Institute Of mentioning

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Experimental investigation of solar cooker with dual sensible heat storage unit for evening cooking

Yadav¹

2015

International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Mechanical Engineering - ACSM 2015

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In this article, the thermal performance of dual sensible heat storage unit in a solar cooker based on parabolic dish collector for evening cooking is experimentally investigated. In the experimental setup, solar cooker with dual sensible heat storage unit was placed on absorbing plate of parabolic dish collector. During sunshine hours, the dual sensible heat storage unit stores solar heat and in the evening time, firstly the solar cooker with sensible heat storage unit is transferred to an insulator box and then loaded with cooking food. Inner sensible heat storage material transfers its stored heat to the cooking pot while the outer sensible heat storage material helps in compensating the heat loss during the transfer of solar cooker from absorber plate to insulator. It has been found that, food was cooked when transfer time is 05 minutes, partially cooked when transfer time is 10 minutes and not cooked when transfer time is 15 minutes.

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“…Generally, to achieve high-temperature ranges, concentrating type of collectors is used. The parabolic dish-type concentrators have high collector efficiency so it is widely used in the area of solar cooking (Foong et al 2011;Choudhary et al 2013;Lecuona et al 2013;Farooqui 2013;Umanand and Prasanna 2011;Velraj et al 2012;Mussard and Nydal 2013). Foong et al (2011) studied a small-scale double-reflector solar concentrating system with high-temperature heat storage medium (NaNO 3 and KNO 3 ), and a finite element model was used to numerically analyze the latent heat storage unit.…”

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Experimental comparison of different heat transfer fluid for thermal performance of a solar cooker based on evacuated tube collector

Singh

Gagandeep

Saini

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Environ Dev Sustain

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A comparison of thermal performance of solar cooker with two different heat transfer fluid (HTF) and effect of gate valve on discharge process of phase change material (PCM) had been investigated experimentally. In this experimental setup, solar cooker with inbuilt thermal storage unit was connected to evacuated tube collector through connecting pipes. The available solar heat in the collector was transferred to the solar cooker by natural circulation (thermosiphon) of HTF. The water and thermal oil (engine oil) were used separately as HTF to compare the thermal performance of solar cooker. Commercial grade acetanilide was used as thermal storage material in the solar cooker. The PCM discharging process was studied, firstly when both gate valves were open and secondly when both gate valves were closed during discharging process. Then, cooking was carried out using thermal oil as HTF, and both gate valves were closed during discharging of PCM. It was found that with water as HTF, the temperature of PCM at 18:00 h was 10.7°C higher when both valves were closed as compared to the case when both valves were opened, whereas it was 13.1°C in case of thermal oil as HTF. Using thermal oil as HTF, quantity of average energy stored by PCM was increased by an amount of 18.88 % as compared to water as HTF.

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Experimental investigation of a solar cooker based on parabolic dish collector with phase change thermal storage unit in Indian climatic conditions

Cited by 36 publications

References 14 publications

Compatibility of Concentrating and Non Concentrating Solar Collectors with Cooking Applications for Different Cooking Needs

Compatibility of Concentrating and Non Concentrating Solar Collectors with Cooking Applications for Different Cooking Needs

Experimental investigation of solar cooker with dual sensible heat storage unit for evening cooking

Experimental comparison of different heat transfer fluid for thermal performance of a solar cooker based on evacuated tube collector

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