Solar cooker is a type of home appliance that uses the heat of the sun in order to cook food. Being shown into the figure, this appliance consists of a container box in which its body is made up of a non-conducting plastic of the fibrous material and then insulated from the outside to avoid the loss of heat. With this, the plane mirror will be fixed at the top of the box in a way reflecting the sunrays into the box.
The solar cooker contains small containers that are also painted with black hue externally. This is a good way to absorb heat primarily. The box will then be covered with glass-sheet in order to retain the heat inside because of the greenhouse effect. The heat will be developed for approximately 100-140˚C temperature within the box for 2 to 3 hours when they are being placed into the sunrays. You could use this thing for preparing foods just like pulses, vegetables, dal and more.
Advantages of Solar Cooker
- One of the advantages that you could take for using solar cooker is that, there would be no combustion of fuel.
- Your maintenance would be negligible and it is pollution-free. The natural tastes of the food will be maintained, not to mention that it also helps in conserving all of the nutrients.
- Throughout the preparation of the food, there will be no personal attention needed.
Limitations of Solar Cooker
With such, foods could not be cooked up on the cloudy day or with the absence of direct sunlight. It might also take you long time for cooking.
