Experimental investigation of an indirect‐type solar cooker for indoor cooking based on a parabolic dish collector

Abstract

In the present research article, an indirect type solar cooking system has been developed for indoor cooking. In the proposed cooking system, a cooking pot has been placed at a distance of 5 m from the parabolic dish collector, and the heat has been transmitted from the collector to the cooking pot by means of heat transfer fluid. A gear pump of 40 W and insulated pipes have been used to circulate the fluid. A number of experiments have been performed to analyze the performance of the cooking system. During the investigation, the system achieved the temperature of the heat transfer fluid up to 175°C. The time taken for cooking the rice and the black grams has been observed 21 and 68min, respectively. The average thermal efficiency of the proposed system for the entire day has been achieved at 13.11%.

Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Pressurized Solar Cooking System Based on a Parabolic Dish Collector

“…The efficiency and the estimated cost of this hybrid solar cooking system were observed to be 38% and $120, respectively. 35) experimentally observed the performance of indoor solar cooker based on parabolic dish. Heat transfer fluid was used to convey energy from receiver to the cooking pot.…”