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Designers and [[Manufacturers and vendors|manufacturers]] have taken varied approaches in creating solar cookers. The most common have been [[solar box cooker]]s and [[solar panel cooker]]s. They work well for slow cooking, are generally less expensive to buy than other styles, and are fairly easy for people to [[Solar cooker plans|build]] themselves. Variations of these designs have typically been used to introduce solar cooking in deforested developing countries starting in the 1950s. High-quality [[Manufacturers and vendors|manufactured models]] are available for purchase from vendors in a number of [[countries]]. |
Designers and [[Manufacturers and vendors|manufacturers]] have taken varied approaches in creating solar cookers. The most common have been [[solar box cooker]]s and [[solar panel cooker]]s. They work well for slow cooking, are generally less expensive to buy than other styles, and are fairly easy for people to [[Solar cooker plans|build]] themselves. Variations of these designs have typically been used to introduce solar cooking in deforested developing countries starting in the 1950s. High-quality [[Manufacturers and vendors|manufactured models]] are available for purchase from vendors in a number of [[countries]]. |
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Designers and manufacturers have taken varied approaches in creating solar cookers. The most common have been solar box cookers and solar panel cookers. They work well for slow cooking, are generally less expensive to buy than other styles, and are fairly easy for people to build themselves. Variations of these designs have typically been used to introduce solar cooking in deforested developing countries starting in the 1950s. High-quality manufactured models are available for purchase from vendors in a number of countries.
Parabolic solar cookers also have a long history of use, primarily in Europe and Asia. They cook at higher temperatures and usually require more complicated fabrication. A variety of designs are available from manufacturers. They can also be used in series to create steam for institutional kitchens, feeding thousands of people per day.
Evacuated tube solar cookers are compact and can cook quite efficiently due to the insulating properties of the evacuated tube cooking chamber. Several models are offered commercially, and insulated glass tubes are available for building your own cooker.
Solar panel cookers
- Inexpensive to build or buy, and typically can be collapsed for storage or transport
- Slow cooking retains flavors and nutrients, and requires little, if any, reorientation to the sun
- Usually achieves temperatures of 110 - 140 °C (230 - 284 °F)
- Weatherproof materials should be considered for construction
- Main article: Solar panel cooker designs
Solar box cookers
- Some are large enough to cook with multiple pots, great for baking and slow cooking
- Can be constructed with simple materials, with several high quality commercial designs also available
- Tipping the cooker towards the sun can eliminate partial shading of the cook pot
- Cooking temperature range is 135 - 200 °C (275 - 392 °F)
- Main article: Solar box cooker designs
Parabolic solar cookers
- Cooking times are similar to a traditional stovetop
- High temperatures will allow for food to be fried and grilled, typically 120 - 230 °C (248 - 446 °F)
- Requires periodic reorientation, often every fifteen minutes, which may be done with a mechanical solar tracking apparatus
- Generally more expensive than panel and box cookers, and requires more storage space
- Main article: Parabolic solar cooker designs
Evacuated tube solar cookers
- Usually compact, and can cook quite efficiently with relatively small reflectors
- Contemporary designs have aesthetic appeal
- The cooking chamber requires careful handling
- Glass technology somewhat limits the size of opening of the cooking chamber
- Main article: Evacuated tube solar cooker designs
Solar trough cookers
- The curved trough reflector is efficient at gathering and focusing sunlight along a straight focal line
- Works well with evacuated tube cooking chambers
- Main article: Solar trough cooker designs
Solar array cookers
- Mirrored reflectors are flat panels, not requiring the complex curved shape of parabolic cookers, they can still reach temperatures typical of parabolic cookers
- The metal frameworks to hold the mirrors can be assembled by craftspeople with basic welding skills
- Due to the relatively large size and geometry of some designs, they typically need to be reoriented by hand or by a mechanical tracking system
- Can require more ground space than other solar cookers
- Main article: Solar array cooker designs
Fresnel solar cookers
- High temperatures can be reached to boil and fry when cooking
- Easy to build on-site with manufactured flat lenses
- Highly concentrated solar radiation needs to be closely monitored
- May require more storage space than other solar cookers
- Main article: Fresnel solar cooker designs
Other types
- Institutional solar cooker designs
- Solar wall oven designs
- Hybrid solar cooker designs
- In-the-ground solar cooker designs
- Photovoltaic cooker designs
See also
- Introduction to solar cooking
- How solar cookers work
- Solar cooker construction plans
- Commercial models that you can buy
External links
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- Acero Cooker
- AGE Solar Cooker
- AIT Educooker
- Albedo Solar Cooker
- All American Sun Oven
- All Season Solar Cooker
- Alliance 3000 Parabolic Cooker
- AlSol 1.4
- AlSol K10
- Aluminum Roasting Pan Solar Cooker
- Anahat Solar Cooker
- Andersen Solar Cooker
- Ao Chi Solar Cooker
- Art's Hybrid Solar Oven
- ARUN 100
- Asymetric CPC box solar cooker
- Atul Sagade
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- Auroville Solar Kitchen
- Balcony Solar Cooker
- Balloon Solar Cooker
- Bamboo Solar Cooker
- Barisot Cooker
- BCK Solar Cooker
- Becker's Do-It-Yourself Solar Cooker
- BibeSol
- Big Dish
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- Blazer Solar Oven
- BoomChef Mark I
- Borma Solar Cooker
- BS-M1
- BS-M2 Solar Cooker
- Butterfly
- California Sunlight Solar Cooker
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- Catassol Solar Oven
- Cauldron Solar Cooker
- CD Cooker
- Celestino Solar Funnel Cooker
- Chari Solar Trough Cooker
- Clam shaped solar cookers for unattended use
- Clean Green
- Cob Solar Box Cooker
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- Cocina Solar Simple
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- Colavito Solar Cooker
- Collapsible Parabolic Cooker
- Collapsible Solar Box Cooker
- Community Solar Cooker 10 SQ MT
- Community Solar Cooker 3 SQ MT
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- Compound Parabolic Solar Cooker
- Concrete Solar Concentrator
- Cone Cooker
- Conical Cooker
- Conical Solar Cooker
- CookAway 16
- CooKit
- CookSack
- Cookup 200
- Copenhagen Solar Cooker
- Cornell Foldable Oven
- Crossed Mirrors Cooker
- CTI Solar Oven
- Cuiseur Solaire Pliable
- Cupcake Solar Cooker
- Dakota SunStove
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- Datta Adjustable Panel Cooker
- Debster
- Deep Double Funnel Cooker
- Dettinger Solar Cooker
- Devos Solar Cooker
- Devos-Prim-Rubio
- Diamond Solar Cooker
- Dierkx
- Direct TV Parabolic Solar Cooker
- DIY Solar Cooker Parabolic Dish
- Domestic Parabolic Solar Cooker
- Double-Angled-Twelve-Sided cooker
- Dual-Setting Panel Cooker
- E&S Solar Oven
- EarthBound Cooker
- Earthen Solar Cooker
- Easy Lid Cooker
- Easy Solar Cooker
- Easy Solar Stove
- EB Suncooker
- EB800D
- Eco Solar Cooker
- Ecoo
- Educooker 003
- Electro Solar Cooker
- Elisa solar oven
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- Espressolar
- ETE ETMATE Solar Oven
- EuroSolarBox
- EuroSolarCooker
- EuroSolarCooker André
- EuroSolarCooker Margot
- EuroSolarCooker Plus
- EuroSolarCooker Star
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- EZ-3 Solar Cooker
- Façade Solar Concentrator
- Flat Reflector Open Solar Cooker
- Flow-through water pasteurization device
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- Fogão Parabólico
- Foldable Fusion Cooker
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- Forno Solar P.S. Multiuso 2012
- Four Box
- Freedom Cooker
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- Fun-Panel
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- FUTEK
- FV-04
- Haines 1
- Haines 2.0
- Haines Pop Open Solar Cooker
- Halacy Parabolic Cooker
- Hanging Cooker LD-S80
- Heatmoth
- Heaven's Flame
- Heliac
- Hexagon Solar Cooker
- High Back Solar Cooker
- High Quality Solar Grill
- Hole in the ground box cooker
- Hot plate solar cooker
- Hot-Box Solar Oven
- HotPot
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- Hybrid solar wood gas cooker
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- Hypar Solar Cooker