FEASIBILITY OF A SOLAR COOKER IN OFF SUNSHINE HOURS USING PCM AS THE SOURCE OF HEAT

Naveen kumar1*, Amit Budhiraja2 , Sourav Rohilla3

1,3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, MERI college of Engineering and Technology, Maharishi Dayanand University, Sampla – 124501, Haryana

2Department of Mechanical Engineering,Shri Baba Mast Nath Engineering College, Maharishi Dayanand University, AsthalBohar, Rohtak – 124001, Haryana *Corresponding Author

ABSTRACT

Present box type solar cooker is only successful in sunshine hours. In the present research work, a solar cooker has been developed which can work even during Non-Sunshine hours and can be installed in the kitchen itself. In the present work, the system a system has been developed where heat is transferred to cooking material in solar cooker in non-sunshine hours from Acetamide, a PCM, which store energy during Sunshine hours. PCM is heated by hot water which is heated in a flat plate collector using annular evacuated glass tubes. It was possible to achieve the temperature of 63.6°C during non-sunshine hours and was enough to cook the food stuff.

 KEY WORDS

Solar cooker, Phase changing material, evacuated glass tubes, Heat transfer fluid.

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