Performance Evaluation of a Solar Box Cooker at Mautech, Yola, Nigeria

Abstract

A constructed solar box cooker with aperture area of 0.408 m² has been evaluated under the climatic conditions of MAUTECH, Yola using the stagnation and cooking test techniques. With  F1≅ 0.12 and F2≅ 0.19  the solar box cooker was found suitable for cooking at the location. It can offer 27 J of heat under average solar radiation intensities ≥ 750 Wm^-2 to the cooking content per second. Though it takes longer time to cook, it may be used as an outside kitchen cooking alternative for a patient house wife.