Thursday, September 18, 2014

Solar cooking Box Design



My group chose the box design for our solar cooker. 
Why? We chose the box because we thought the simple design of the box would be able to absorb the most, as well as, reflect the most sunlight into our food. How will it work? Our box will collect the light, reflect the light into our food and the black inside of our box will absorb the heat, in which the food will cook or heat up.


                                     





Thursday, August 21, 2014

Which type of solar cooker is the best?


Which type of solar cooker is the best? 
Panel
Cost (least,medium,most ) - most
Complexity - hard
Durability (1-10) - 7

Materials needed 
Panels ( cardboard ) 
Aluminum 
Pot 
Circular Metal stand 
String 
Hole puncher 


Box
Cost ( least, medium, most ) - least
Complexity - easy
Durability (1-10) - 9

Materials needed
Box
Aluminum





Parabolic
Cost ( least, medium, most ) - medium
Complexity- medium
Durability (1-10) - 6

Materials needed 
Aluminum
Cardboard
Stand ( wood ) or whatevs
Metal holder 




( Parobolic )
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hnAtzYzGicjA4lZUopBhscrjQcZQ0HANkPp7aLyYU3IOMvDw72YTF-gpgz6AWST8Nm7g4cPzCKSADv7Ntekfcn4X1KGBEfm05sm4h4gCxpRXexoE6Fm4BvOa71xNTmpWbwBj0fxMl80/s1600/rudra+sk+14.JPG 

( Box )
http://mamaguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/solar-oven-005-640x491.jpg

( Panel )
http://solarcooking.org/images/scr/apr05/photor.jpg

As I  researched each box cooker, I believe that  the box cooker is the best. The complexity of the box cooker is fairly east but, the way it cooks food can help many people out. The box cooker is the most affordable, the most durable, and it's simple. The only con to this is that box cooker cooks really slow.

I also liked the parobolic cooker as well. The complexity of the parobolic is not as complex as the panel. ( my first decision ) I would call it the intermediate cooker. The in between of the panel and the box. The parobolic cooker is more expensive so not AS affordable ( depending on what you use ) . 
The parabolic cooks the fastest out of all of the cookers in my opinion.