Solar Cookers

Insulated Solar Electric Cooker

The first image on the right is an "Insulated Solar Electric Cooker." This prototype was designed by the former team. The cooker sits in a well insulated hole and uses energy collected by the Photovoltaic Panel to heat the contents.
In the video you can see the implementation of a solar cooker by a former student in Uganda.

Insulated Pot with Immersion Heater

This is an example of an immersion heater where wire is ran through a hollow metal tube that sits physically in the pot. It is typically used to heat liquids, although it can also be used at low wattage for slow cooking dryer dishes.

Assembly

Design Spring 2016

Non-Cal Poly Project of Similar Design

Alternative Cooker

Although there is sufficient evidence that these insulated solar electric cookers can meet the cooking needs for a family, in our target community, the Beacon of Hope secondary school, it doesn't seem to be a viable option. They cook three meals a day for 700 people, and that would require a much larger scale cooker if it were to replace their current wood-burning stoves. This would be very expensive to implement in the school.