Solar box cookers and geothermal energy

Journal Article · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Geothermal Hot Line; (USA)

OSTI ID:7012908

A major amount of world-wide forest depletion is caused by harvesting cooking wood. Solar box cookers can help to ameliorate this situation in that they use solar energy instead of wood to cook food. Usable year-round in the tropics and for 6 to 8 months of the year in most sunny areas of the world, the cookers can cook almost anything if there is 15 minutes of sunshine every hour. Developed in 1976 solar box cookers represent a major advance over early solar cookers. Solar box cookers are about the size of an ice chest, easily constructed by the users themselves and inexpensive. The cookers are made of cardboard or wood, and aluminum foil. Each box is topped with a sheet of glass above which an adjustable reflective lid is positioned to angle in sunlight. The food cooks in covered, dark-colored pans. One cooker can cook 10-15 pounds of food in three to five hours. Fruits, vegetables, meats, and any baked goods can be prepared, and water and milk pasteurized in them. The coking food does not have to be stirred and will not burn. The developer is also looking for ways the geothermal community could interface with solar box cookers.

• OSTI ID: 7012908
• Journal Information: Geothermal Hot Line; (USA), Vol. 18:2; ISSN 0735-0503
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
INTERFACES
SOLAR COOKERS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
DEFORESTATION
DESIGN
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FOOD PROCESSING
FORESTS
PERFORMANCE
SOLAR RADIATION
USES
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
PROCESSING
RADIATIONS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
STELLAR RADIATION
140909* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Miscellaneous Solar Applications- (1980-)
151000 - Geothermal Energy- Direct Energy Utilization