A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON SOLAR COOKERS

In this paper, a thorough review of the available literature on solar cookers is presented. The review covers detailed description of various types of solar cookers, parameters which affects the performance of solar cookers such as mirrors, glazing, absorber plate, cooking pots, heat storage materials and insulation. It also covers the comparison, discussion and evaluation of the findings obtained by various researchers. Several attempts have been made to introduce effective solar cookers in different countries and have achieved great successes. There are still critical issues so far to be resolved in order to make the technology acceptable. Thermodynamic assessment of solar cooking systems and qualitative evaluation of thermal output offered by solar cookers are analyzed in detail. Objective of this review is to get the most appropriate types of solar cookers for specific locations, optimum size, capacity, types of materials to be used.