1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Moradabad, India.
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur, India.
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, BIET Jhansi, India.
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A solar cooking vessel has been modifi ed and tested for cooking performance in a simple box-type cooker under the climate conditions of Moradabad (latitude-28°58′ north and longitude-78°47′ east), Uttar Pradesh. The outer part of the aluminium cooking vessel was thinly coated with black cardboard paint to enable maximum absorption of heat energy. The modifi ed cooking vessel was found to reduce cooking time by 15–30 minutes (depending on the nature of food being cooked) in comparison to conventional cooking vessel. Lugs (in a curvature form) at the bottom of the vessel help in the transfer of heat from around the vessel to the food being cooked inside it. The cooked food turned out to be tasty and nutritious. Earlier designs of cooking vessels were studied to compare the reduction in cooking time in a box-type solar cooker.
solar box cooker, cooking vessel, cooking performance
