Introducti

on

People use solar cookers primarily to

cook food and pasteurize water,
although additional uses are
continually being developed.
Numerous factors including access
to materials, availability of
traditional cooking fuels, climate,
food preferences, cultural factors,
and technical capabilities affect
people's approaches to solar
cooking.

Materials and
We usetools
materials available in
daily life. These include
corrugated cardboard boxes,
black paper, aluminum foil,
plastic sheets, plastic canister
etc.
We also use the following
tools:white glue, double-sided
adhesive tape, transparent
adhesive tape, scissors, cutter,
ruler, magic marker etc

Design and construction

skills

Our solar cooker is similar to the solar cooker

in this picture. In order to absorb more sunlight
we fix six collectors to collect more sunlight. This is
the design of our solar cooker.

Design and construction

skills
The more directly the glass faces the
sun, the greater the solar heat gained.
Although the glass is the same size for
box 1 and box 2, more sunlight shines
through the glass on box 2 because it
faces the sun more directly. Note
that box 2 also has more area for heat
loss.

Design and construction

Single or multiple reflectors bounce additional
skills

sunlight through the glass and onto the solar

box. This additional input of solar energy
results in higher cooker temperature.

Design and construction

skills
Solar cooker facing the sun at noon should be
longer in the east/west dimension to make
better use of the reflector over a cooking
period of several hours. As the sun travels
across the sky, this configuration results in a
more consistent cooking temperature. With
square cookers or ones having the longest
dimension to the north/south,
a greater percentage of the
early morning and late
Afternoon sunlight is reflected

Application of physics
principles
in the design
Greenhouse effect results in the heating of enclosed
spaces into which the sun shines through a transparent
material such as glass or plastic.
The light energy that is absorbed by dark pot underneath
the pot is converted into longer wavelength heat energy
and re-radiates from the interior materials. Most of this
radiant energy,
because it is of a longer
wavelength,
cannot pass through the
glass and is therefore trapped
within the enclosed space.

Application of physics
principles in the design

Conduction

Conduction is the process of heat flow

from regions of higher temperatures to
regions of lower temperatures through a
medium. But conduction is not efficient in
insulator, so we can use the insulating
material such as :plastic and glass to trap
heat inside the solar cooker and heat
energy cannot lose by conduction to the
air easily.

Application of physics principles

in the
design

Convection

Heat can be transferred in a fluid by

convection in which the heated fluid expands,
rises and is replaced by the surrounding fluid.
So we should use something covering it up,
having the hot air trapped inside the
solar
cooker to keep the
temperature steady.
Thus we use glass to cover
it up.

Application of physics
principles in the
design
Radiation
Energy is gained on absorbing infra-red
radiation. Dull black surfaces are good
absorbers and good radiators of radiation.
Silvery surfaces are poor absorbers and
poor radiators of heat. So we cover the
outside with black paper and use silvery
paper inside.

Test of solar cooker-First

Time
Time/ 0
min.

1
0

1
5

2
5

3
0

3
5

4
0

4
5

5
0

5
5

6
0

Temp 2
/oC
5

2
7

2
8

2
9

3
4

3
5

3
7

3
7

3
9

4
0

4
3

4
5

Test of solar cooker-Second

Time
Time/ 0
min.

10 15

20

25

30 35

Temp. 20 21
/ oC

21 21.
5

22

22

23 24

Time/ 40 45
min.

50 55

60

65

70 75

27.
5

28.
5

29 29.
5

Temp. 25 25.5 26 26
/ oC

Test of the solar cooker Third

Time
Time/ 0
min.

10

15

20

25

30 35

Temp 19
./oC

21

22

22

23

23.
5

24 24

Time/ 40
min.

45

50

55

60

65

70

Temp 25
./oC

26

28

29

31

31.
5

32

Discussion
We have read a lot of books and search for
information in the internet. Each of us brings
up different opinion. Actually there are lots of
ways to make the solar cooker.We look for all
sample we think that is good. But Our solar
cooker have a big defect. The collector we
used is difficult to absorb sunlight in the
evening. It is only suitable for use when the
light shines on top of our solar cooker.

Conclusion
We thought that this project is very
interesting but our solar cooker is not
so good, If we can do it again we think
we must do it better.We think we have
learned a lot of things about the solar
energy through this project. We also
used amount less than $30 to do this
project. This project is good for
students!

Group leader:Lau Chun Kin 4D (29)

Group member:Cheung Wai Pan 4D(21)
Choi Chi Hoi 4D (23)
Chu Wa Hung 4D (25)
Wong Kam Hong 4D
(39)

The
End
Thank you
very much!