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The size and shape of solar box cooker is determined by the volume of the vessel, which in turn depends on the number of family members. The primary objective of this study is to overcome the obstacles inhibiting researchers from crafting solar box cookers tailored to their specific research needs, as well as hindrances preventing manufacturers from effectively bringing them to market. This experimental study aims to identify two novel optimal volumetric efficiencies (VE1 and VE2) to minimize cooking time. To achieve this goal, we employed two identical solar box cookers made from the same materials and four vessels. The results obtained clearly show that the absorber temperature reached a maximum value of 124.9 °C and the boiling time was the shortest 02h50 when the first volumetric efficiency VE1 had the least value of 6.2% and the second volumetric efficiency VE2 had the greatest value of 100%. It is concluded that these two volumetric efficiencies could serve as benchmark parameters for future research, providing a standardized reference for developing solar box cookers of varied shapes and sizes under the same climatic conditions.
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The size and shape of solar box cooker is determined by the volume of the vessel, which in turn depends on the number of family members. The primary objective of this study is to overcome the obstacles inhibiting researchers from crafting solar box cookers tailored to their specific research needs, as well as hindrances preventing manufacturers from effectively bringing them to market. This experimental study aims to identify two novel optimal volumetric efficiencies (VE1 and VE2) to minimize cooking time. To achieve this goal, we employed two identical solar box cookers made from the same materials and four vessels. The results obtained clearly show that the absorber temperature reached a maximum value of 124.9 °C and the boiling time was the shortest 02h50 when the first volumetric efficiency VE1 had the least value of 6.2% and the second volumetric efficiency VE2 had the greatest value of 100%. It is concluded that these two volumetric efficiencies could serve as benchmark parameters for future research, providing a standardized reference for developing solar box cookers of varied shapes and sizes under the same climatic conditions.

Experimental Investigation on Two Novel Standard Parameters to Improve the Performance of Solar Box Cookers

Department of renewable energies, University Kasdi Merbah

Engineering Laboratory of Water and Environment in Middle Saharian

Laboratory of Promotion and Valorization of Saharan Resources (VPRS)

Laboratory of Mechanical Control, Tests, Measurements and Simulations

Faculty of Mathematics and Material Sciences, University Kasdi Merbah

Annals of West University of Timisoara - Physics

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The size and shape of solar box cooker is determined by the volume of the vessel, which in turn depends on the number of family members. The primary objective...

Experimental Investigation on Two Novel Standard Parameters to Improve the Performance of Solar Box Cookers

Published Online: Apr 03, 2024

Page range: -

Received: Dec 15, 2023

Accepted: Mar 01, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/awutp-2024-0007

Keywords
Solar box, boiling time, water temperature

© 2024 Hocine Maammeur et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Experimental Investigation on Two Novel Standard Parameters to Improve the Performance of Solar Box Cookers

Published Online: Apr 03, 2024

Page range: -

Received: Dec 15, 2023

Accepted: Mar 01, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/awutp-2024-0007

KeywordsSolar box, boiling time, water temperature

© 2024 Hocine Maammeur et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Solar box, boiling time, water temperature