Review of Related Literature in Solar oven or cookers

The first experiments on solar cookers were carried out by a German Physicist named
Tschirnhausen (1651–1708). Second attempt was made by French–Swiss Physicist Horace de
Saussure in 1767. He constructed a miniature greenhouse with 5 layers of glass boxes turned
upside down on a black table and reported cooking fruit. An English astronomer Sir John
Herschel also attempts to cook food in a similar insulated in South Africa in 1830. Great French
Mathematician Augustin Mouchot incorporated the heat trap idea with that of the burning mirror
in 1860 and built an efficient solar oven. He also succeeded to create a solar steam engine but it
was too large to be practical. In 1876, W. Adams developed an octagonal oven equipped with 8
mirrors and he reported that the oven cooked rations for 7 soldiers in 2 h. After one year,
Mouchot designed solar cookers for French soldiers in Algeria, including a shiny metal cone,
made from a 105.5 degree section of a circle.

In 1930s India began to investigate solar energy as an option for avoiding deforestation.
The first commercial box-type solar cooker was produced by an Indian pioneer named Sri M.K.
Ghosh in 1945. In 1950s, Indian researchers devised and constructed commercial solar ovens and
solar reflectors, but they were not readily accepted due to the lower-cost alternatives. United
Nations Food and Agriculture Association (FAO) also investigated water-heating capacities of a
parabolic cooker and an oven type cooker. In 1961, a United Nations Conference on New
Sources of Energy including many authorities on solar cooking technology was held. In 1970s,
as a result of the increasing fuel prices due to the oil crisis, an intensive interest on renewable
energy technologies was observed worldwide especially in China and India. In 1980s, especially
the Governments of India and China expanded national promotion of box-type solar cookers.

Mullick et al. presented a method to analyze the thermal performance of solar cookers in
1987. In 2000, Funk proposed an international standard for testing solar cookers. It was observed
that the resulting solar cooker power curve is a useful device for evaluating the capacity and heat
storage ability of a solar cooker. Especially in recent years, intensive efforts have been made to
be able to enhance the cooking power

Cooking using solar energy is not a new or inventive idea. According to Halacy & Halacy,
the first scientist to experiment with solar power was a German physicist named The
Tschirnhausen (1651–1708), who did so in 1992. He used a large lens to focus sunlight on solar
cookers, which boil water in clay pots. These devices have become very popular. researchers as
of yet. Many types of solar cookers have been developed and tested globally. Industry today is
faced with obstacles and an investigation of solar cookers that are both economical and
efficient. Planning, building, and assessing various types of solar cookers has garnered a lot of
attention lately[3]. Solar panel cookers are arguably the most widely available sort.

The most popular kind of cookers accessible are solar panel cookers because of their
inexpensive material and simple design. Sunlight from above is concentrated in solar panel
cookers [1]. Due to its low cooking power, this solar cooking technique is not particularly
popular. But, individuals who live or travel alone much value these kinds of solar cookers.
Bernard also looked into the population's adoption of solar cooking technologies [4]. Solar
panel cookers appear to be less effective in cloudy conditions since their performance is mostly
dependent on reflected radiation [5]. Sun baskets are another straightforward concentrating
type solar cooker. The sun basket is essentially a paper mache parabolic mirror that is covered
with a coating of a solar.