1Department of Physics, Sona College of Technology, Salem, 636 005, Tamilnadu, India.
2Department of Physics, Periyar University, Salem, 636 011, Tamilnadu, India.
Light weight inexpensive portable solar cooker (LIPS) is fabricated and its performance as solar cooker is studied. The size of the cooker is so small (0.3743 m2) that, it can be easily transported from one place to other. Its performance is analysed with the help of an aluminium vessel which acts as an absorber. This vessel is painted with dull finished black board paint. Various food materials are cooked and the time consumed is noted. The time consumption by this type of cooker is acceptable for domestic cooking purpose. The fabrication cost of this cooker is also affordable for typical Indian lower middle class people. The objective of this study is to provide inexpensive cooking device for poor/lower middle class people and does not undertake comparative performance analysis with any type of commercial solar cooking devices available in the market.
