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Design, construction and field test of hot -box solar cookers for African Sahel region

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  • Mohamad, M.A.
  • El-Ghetany, H.H.
  • Abdel Dayem, Adel M.

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Cooking energy represents the main energy consumption in most of the African Sahel countries. As the main fuel of cooking in these countries is wood. this led to the problem of deforestation in this area. On the way of thinking to solve this problem, a solar cooker was designed constructed and field tested. The main criteria followed in the design was to develop a simple to construct, simple to use, and simple maintenance solar cooker. A simple wooden, hot box, with one reflector solar cooker was designed and several demonstration units were fabricated. The units were field tested and showed acceptable performance. Maximum inner temperature of the units reached 160 °C under field conditions of Giza, Egypt (30 °N). Different foods were cooked successfully such as rice, meat, fish, beans, ...etc. The time of cooking ranged from 1 to 2.5 hr.

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  • Mohamad, M.A. & El-Ghetany, H.H. & Abdel Dayem, Adel M., 1998. "Design, construction and field test of hot -box solar cookers for African Sahel region," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 49-54.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:14:y:1998:i:1:p:49-54
    DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00046-9
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    1. Al-Soud, Mohammed S. & Abdallah, Essam & Akayleh, Ali & Abdallah, Salah & Hrayshat, Eyad S., 2010. "A parabolic solar cooker with automatic two axes sun tracking system," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 87(2), pages 463-470, February.
    2. Cuce, Erdem & Cuce, Pinar Mert, 2013. "A comprehensive review on solar cookers," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 1399-1421.
    3. Thirugnanasambandam, Mirunalini & Iniyan, S. & Goic, Ranko, 2010. "A review of solar thermal technologies," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 312-322, January.

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