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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Solar cooking"”.
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Solar cooking : the development of a thermal battery
There are many rural area in the world where cooking fuel is very scarce. One solution to this problem is to use solar energy to cook food. However most people around the world like to cook large meals at night, when the sun is not shining. The objective of this thesis was to design and build a …
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Design and performance evaluation of an oil/rock bed heat storage system for solar cooking
… rates, energy storage capacity, power output, cooking efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The main body of the system was created with an old hot water geyser. An Arduino-based data logger was fabricated and was used to monitor and capture temperature changes throughout system operation …
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Design of inflatable solar concentrator
Solar concentrators improve the performance of solar collection systems by increasing the amount of usable energy available for a given collector size. Unfortunately, they are not known for their light weight and portability, which is ideal for basic applications like solar cooking. The goal of the …
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Globalization On the Ground: Health, Development, and Volunteerism in Meatu, Tanzania
… in order to combat unsafe water supplies using solar pasteurization. Dr. Robert Metcalf, an AHEAD volunteer offers "expertise" to Meatu through transfer of solar cooking technology. Each summer, AHEAD takes volunteers into this setting who bring with them both "altruistic" and non-altruistic …
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The roles of education for sustainable development and Namibian youth in the advancement of sustainable household cooking energy
Improved and efficient cooking is a popular solution in the international development community for its presence in multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in the last forty years of cookstove research and dissemination programs, adoption and sustained use have failed to meet …
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Developing a solar resource map for a stored solar cooker
Stored solar cookers collect energy using existing parabolic solar cookers and store the heat in a vessel filled with a salt. This stored solar cooker enables users to cook even when there is no radiation from the sun. The ability of the stored solar cooker to collect heat depends on the ambient …