Name of the title

"Advanced Solar Cooker"

Under the guidance of
Dr. R.A.Deshmukh
 Group details

Name of the student Enrollment Number

Pawar Kajal Vilas 1912080123

Pawar Mayuri Netaji 1912080126

Misal Uday Appasaheb 1912080118

Harihar Amar Anil 2012080185

 Introduction
Solar Box cookers, also known as solar ovens, are the
most common and inexpensive type of solar cookers.
This box cookers are simple in construction and are
made of low cost materials. A solar box cooker basically
consists of an insulated wooden Box with a transparent
glass cover and reflective surfaces to direct sunlight in
the box. The inner part of the box is painted black in
order to maximize the sunlight absorption. Thermocol is
used as insulation in the wooden box. Solar cookers are
helpful only in cooking at the time when sun is shining.
This is the main limitation of solar cookers. The main
objective of this project is there for to overcome these
limitations. To overcome the problem of off-sunshine
cooking, Thermal Energy Storage (TES) can be
employed.
 Literature Survey
1) Dinesh Kumar. C. M, et al.,"Box Type Solar Cooker"
International journal of Scientific Research, 2014
2)Chinnumol Francis, Victor Jose, "A Review on performance
Improvement in Box Type Solar Cookers" International Journal
of Current Engineering and Scientific research,2015
3) Victor Jose, Experimental Analysis of Box Type Solar Cooker
for Performance Improvement and Off-sunshine Cooking
4) Smita Joshi, Performance of sand for heat storage in Solar .
Journal of Environmental Research and Development 2015
5) Bushnell DL. Performance studies of solar energy storing
heat Solar Energy 1988
 Objectives
 To understand solar system.
 To analyse the solar system.
 To calculate various parameters of solar cooker.
 To monitor solar system.
 To observe and tracking of solar cooker.
Diagram:-
 Construction of solar cooker-
 The solar cooker is made up of wooden block. The cooking
vessel is coloured black. Black colour on vessel enhances the
solar radiation absorption by the box type solar cooker .The
lid of solar cooker is made of double glazed glass, which is
opaque to long radiations ,and is transperant to high energy,
short wavelength solar radiations. A hinge is provided so that
the reflector is properly positioned to allow manual tracking.
 The space surrounding the cooking vessel is filled with sand
Around 2kg of sand has been used. When compared to the
height of cooking vessel. Sand is more efficient as compared
water as thermal energy storage.
 Process of cooking food

• Keep the solar cooker in the sun in open space free from any
shadow. Keep the cooker in the sun at least for 45 minutes
before loading it with cooking pots. This will keep the cooker
ready for cooking and reduce the cooking time.
• Adjust the cooker in such a way that the reflecting mirror faces
the sun and the reflected rays fall on the transparent glass lid.
Tighten the position fixing hinges of the mirror in this position.
• Open the glass lid of the solar cooker, place the cooking pots
inside it and close the lid properly. Once the cooking vessels
have been placed inside the cooker the lid should not be
opened.
• Open the lid fully once the food is cooked. While removing the
cooking vessels after the food has been cooked, use cloth
napkins as the vessels are very hot.
 Methodology
 The inner Box: Clean out the box, tape up all the sides except the top. Ensure that
the box is sturdy. With a pair of sharp scissors cut off the top four top flaps of the
inner box. Tape up the rough edges. Now, paint the inside of the box a very very dark
black - preferably using acrylic paint. Leave the box to dry.
 The outer box: Clean out the box, tape up all the sides except the top. Ensure that
the box is strong. With the scissors cut out large pieces of aluminium foil - the kind
that is used to wrap food. Paste the pieces on the inner side of the four top flaps.
Leave the box to dry.
 The insulation : Use materials that are poor conductors of heat - rolled up
newspaper, straw, husk etc. Place a layer of this material at the bottom of the big box
and then place the smaller box on top. Next, fill out the gaps between the four sides
of the boxes tightly with insulation material.
The glass top : Place the glass top on the inner box.
 The meal : Select two non reflective bowls with lids. In one bowl put half a cup of
washed rice and pour two cups of water. In the other bowl mix your favourite
vegetable with a spoonful of oil, salt to taste, a pinch of turmeric and green chillies.
Place both bowls carefully in your solar cooker and set it out in the sun. Wait for few
minutes, and the delicious food is ready, cooked only with the pure goodness of
nature.
 Advantages-
1. No requirement of cooking gas or kerosene, electricity, coal or wood.
2. No need to spend on fuel, as solar energy is available free.
3. Food cooked in solar cooker is nutritious. About 10-20% of protein retention is
more as compared to that in conventional cooking .Vitamin thiamine retention is
about 20 to 30% more whereas vitamin A is retained 5 to 10% more when food is
cooked in solar cooker.
4. Solar cooking is pollution free and safe.
5. Solar cookers come in various sizes. Based on the number of family members, the
size of the cooker can be chosen.
6. All cooking activities (like boiling, roasting) can be done using a solar cooker.
7. There are government schemes which offer subsidies to purchase solar cookers.
8. Low initial, operating and maintenance cost.
9. It is a portable,we can carry anywhere easily.
10. Make no noise.
11. There are no any charges on solar cooker , conventional sources can be saved.
12. Eco-friendly,Non-polluting and simple in construction.
13. Can be used for day and night.
 Disadvantages-
1. Solar energy is not available uniformly all the time and at all
places.
2. One needs to be careful while using a solar cooker as accidental
reflection of the sunlight into your eyes can damage your
eyesight.
3. The direction of solar cooker is to be changed continuesly
towards the direction of the sun.
4. It is impossible to be completely depend on a solar cooker for
cooking.
 Future Scope

1. We can use further solar tracking device.

2. We can increase the efficiency of cooker by using finned absorber
plate.
3. By using differernt types of sands and changing its size we can
increase the efficiency.
 conclusion
To cook food when sun is not shining. To increase
efficiency of solar cooker by using finned absorber
plate. To cook food at faster rate.
Thank You