Analysis of health aspects, food acceptability, and economics benefits of the solar box cooker in Sierra Leone. Rept. for 1 Oct 88-31 May 90 (Final)

Technical Report · Sun Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:5489181

Carpenter, B W; Davis, L

The report provides the results of a project whose aim was ascertaining the effectiveness of the Solar Box Cooker as an instrument for cooking and pasteurizing water, as well as, the degree to which it and its products are acceptable to the people of Sierra Leone. Specific Objectives were as follows: (1) To ascertain the extent of reduction of pathogenic micro-organism of foods cooked and water pasteurized via the solar box cooker in the village environment; (2) To determine the acceptability of solar box cooked food as compared with foods cooked via the traditional methods; (3) To estimate the costs savings of fuel and labor for foods cooked via the solar box cooker; and (4) To adopt Solar Box Cooker technologyfor successful use in a designated developing country.

• Research Organization: Southern Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5489181
• Report Number(s): PB-91-210575/XAB; CNN: AID-DAN-5053-G-SS-8029-00
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140909* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Miscellaneous Solar Applications-- (1980-)
143000 -- Solar Energy-- Health & Safety-- (1990-)
AFRICA
COST ESTIMATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOOD PROCESSING
FUNGI
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MICROORGANISMS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
PROCESSING
PUBLIC HEALTH
PURIFICATION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SIERRA LEONE
SOLAR COOKERS
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
WATER