Performance analysis of concentrating solar cookers with a different geometry: comparative study Online publication date: Tue, 05-Jul-2022
by Rajendra Patil; Yogesh Kulkarni
International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology (IJRET), Vol. 13, No. 3, 2022
Abstract: In recent years, active exploitation of solar energy for cooking food, and for numerous domestic and commercial applications, is needed. Although solar cookers are improving every day, tests were performed individually for every cooker under different conditions. Thus, we are unable to compare the performance effectively. In this work, two concentrating solar cookers of the same aperture area with different geometry were compared experimentally based on standard test protocols and first law under the same environmental conditions. The investigation illustrates that the performance of the Prince-15 cooker is better than the SK-14 due to its excellent geometry and thermal parameters. The temperature distribution of cookers modelled with Ansys-19 software showed a close approximation with the experimental observations. The pace of cookers is also examined by cooking a few food items. This comparative analysis is assumed to help the end-users to choose a proper and better cooking technology.
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology (IJRET):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook