Dish Solar Cooker
Introduction
It is a concentrating type parabolic dish solar cooker useful for homes & small establishments. A typical dish solar cooker has an aperture diameter of 1.4 meter and focal length 0.28 meter. The reflecting material used for fabrication of this cooker is anodized aluminum sheet which has a reflectivity of over 80%. The tracking of the cooker is manual and thus has to be adjusted in 15 to 20 minutes during cooking time. It has a delivering power of about 0.6 KW which can boil 2 to 3 liters of water in half an hour. The temperature achieved at the bottom of the vessel could be around 350 to 400o C which is sufficient for roasting, frying and boiling. The cooker having a thermal efficiency of around 50% can meet the needs of around 15 people and can be used from one hour after sunrise to one hour before sunset on clear days. It can be easily dismantled and assembled by anybody and thus may be nicely packed and transported anywhere in the country. The cooker is user friendly as the place of vessel to be kept for cooking is at a level which is convenient for the people to use.
Potential users
The cooker could be useful for individuals in rural as well as urban areas and also for small establishments like dhabas, tea shops, etc. on road sides.
Fuel Savings
The cooker can save up to 10 LPG cylinders/year on full use at small establishments
Cost : The cost of the cooker may vary from Rs. 3,500 to Rs. 5,000 depending on the type of reflectors used and the salient features provided by the manufacturers. The cookers with imported reflectors having a reflectivity of over 90% will have a higher cost. This should include the cost of accessories like pressure cooker, cap, hand gloves & goggles, cooker manual, packing etc. The transportation cost may, however, be extra which will depend on the distance and the quantity of cookers to being supplied.
For further information please contact
Ministry of Non-Conventonal Energy Sources,
Govt. of India
Block-14, CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi – 110 003
Tel: 91 11 2436 0707/ 2436 0404
Fax: 91 11 2436 1298
