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Elmo Dutra
Elmo Dutra Eng, MSc has been a professor and researcher in solar energy since 2000 with particular interest in solar cooking working in southern Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. He is the founder of Fogão Solar, and has developed the Fogão Parabólico solar cooker. He works with his students to create new projects, and also offers solar cookers from other manufacturers for sale.
Elmo has also been experimenting with his own heat-retention cooking device. A cardboard box lined with polystyrene insulation and surfaced with reflective film. And using a standard pressure cooker preheated, and placed inside.
News[]
Elmo Dutra representing solar cooking at ENSUS 2023
- June 2023: Elmo Dutra represented the solar cooking sector at ENSUS 2023, at the Sustainability of Projects Meeting UFSC Federal University of Santa Catarina, promoting solar cooking in south Brazil.
- August 2019: Elmo Dutra represented solar cooking at the seminar on sustainable urban management in the legislative assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil on August 8th.
Elmo Dutra represented solar cooking at the seminar on sustainable urban management in the legislative assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil on August 8th.![Fogão Solar solar cooking display at Porto Alegre]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/solarcooking/images/5/5b/Fogao_Solar_display_-2_at_Porto_Alegre%2C_Brazil%2C_8-8-19.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20190808163426 "Fogao Solar display -2 at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 8-8-19.png (669 KB)")
Fogão Solar solar cooking display at Porto Alegre]
![Fogão Solar solar cooking display at Porto Alegre]](/wiki/File:Fogao_Solar_display_-2_at_Porto_Alegre,_Brazil,_8-8-19.png "Fogao Solar display -2 at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 8-8-19.png (669 KB)")
Elmo Dutra demonstrates solar cookers at ENSUS 2019
- May 2019: ENSUS 2019 - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC - Encontro de Sustentabilidade de Projetos - Demo of solar cookers, Presentation and workshop
- January 2018: Mylar surfaced reflectors - Making the Petals of Solar Cookers with Mylar and Sheet Coroplast - Elmo Dutra, December 2017
- June 2017: New solar cooks in Morro da Cruz - Long time thermal solar advocate, Professor Elmo Dutra, conducted a solar cooking workshop in Morro da Cruz on the basics of how to construct and use solar panel cookers. The simple cookers were able to reach 180 °C (356 °F). Happy with the results, the new solar cooks are enthusiastic to show others what they have learned.
Professor Elmo Dutra explains the basics of solar cooking. Photo credit: Elmo Dutra
Morro da Cruz particpants proudly display their recently constructed solar panel cookers. Photo credit: Elmo Dutra.
- April 2016: Elmo Dutra presented solar cookers at Ensus 2016 (Encontro de Sustentabilidade de Projetos) at the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
Presentations[]
- January 2016: Solar Cooking in South Brazil: Dissemination and Barriers - Elmo Dutra
Articles in the media[]
- November 2022: Fogão solar: alternativa para tempos de crise - Sler... (English version)
Audio and video[]
- October 2021:
- March 2020: Prof. Elmo Dutra Filho – Teaching Solar Cooking to Poor People in Brazil - SunPod
- September 2015:
Documents[]
- November 2019: Jumbo version of the Fun-Panel solar cooker - Elmo Dutra
- June 2018: Making Petals of Solar Cookers With Mylar and alveolar PP sheets - Elmo Dutra
See also[]
External links[]
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elmo.dutrafilho
- Facebook: Sunny Cooking Fogões Solares
Contact[]
Elmo Dutra
276/902 Padre Carmine Fasulo St
Caxias do Sul
95070-200
Brazil
Tel: +55 (54) 32091251
Mobile: +55 (54) 99849277
Email: elmo@malbanet.com.br
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elmo.dutrafilho
Facebook: Sunny Cooking Fogões Solares