27-09-2014, 02:04 PM
Abstracts: Cooking is an integral part of each and every human being as food is one of the basic necessities for living. Commonly used sources of energy for cooking are firewood, crop residue, cow dung, kerosene, electricity; liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), biogas etc.Half of the world’s population is exposed to indoor air pollution, mainly the result of burning solid fuels for cooking and heating. India has abandon amount of solar energy in most of the regions making it most ideal place for harvesting solar energy. Solar based cooking has never been a strong contender in the commercial market or even close to being a preferred method of cooking. They have been relegated to demon-striations appliances to show case the solar based concepts. In this mode, cooking is no longer a time independent activity that can be performed at any time of day. One isforced to cook only at certain times when there is sufficient isolation. This study presented a short review on the solar cooker designs and applications. Two designs of cookers were tested. The first type has a painted black base and second has internal reflecting mirrors. These designs were examined under two modes of operations: at fixed position and on tracking system.