Size of Solar cooker UV resistant molded fiberglass body 600x600x190 MM (24x24x8 Inch.)
Cooking Capacity 6-8 Kg per day
Total weight Approx. 18 Kg including cooking pots.
Tray Material & coating Aluminum sheet, black painted of high absorption and low emission.
Cooking pots Steel, Hard black coated cooking pots.
Size = Two Boxes = 1Litres, 1.2 Liters.
Thermal performance
MIRROR SPECIFICATION:
Mirror -21×21 Inch - Thickness 4mm
Toughened glass - 520×520× 4mm
Plain glass- 520×520×4mm
F1 >= 0.12, F2 > 0.4 [GRADE ‘A’ as per Indian Standard specifications
Box type Solar Cookers Features:
A Box Solar Cooker is basically an insulated box with a glass cover and a top lid that has a mirror on the inside to reflect sunlight into the box when the lid is kept open. The inner part of the box is painted black. Up to four black painted vessels are placed inside the box with the food to be cooked. The cooker takes 1 ½ to 2 hours to cook items such as rice, lentils, and vegetables. The cooker has also been used to prepare simple cakes, roast cashew nuts, dry grapes, etc. It is an ideal device for domestic cooking during most of the years except for the monsoon season and cloudy days. It however cannot be used for frying or chapati making.
Advantages:
• Solar Cooking involves no recurring expenses on fuel. Solar energy is absolutely free.
• Cost of the solar cooker can be recovered easily through saving on fuel bill in a few years.
• A box solar cooker if used regularly can save 3 to 4 LPG cylinders per year.
• It saves time. You are free to do other things while food cooks in the solar cooker.
• There is no fear of scorching the food.
• It ensures a better and more nutritious cooked food because of its slow cooking design.
• It is durable and simple to operate.
• It does not pollute the environment and conserves conventional energy.
• It is an asset to the household and pride to its owner.
