Solar Cookers in the Third World
Author | : Klaus Kuhnke |
Publisher | : Springer-Verlag |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2013-11-11 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3663139395 |
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Author | : Klaus Kuhnke |
Publisher | : Springer-Verlag |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2013-11-11 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3663139395 |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Fresnel lenses |
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This thesis presents the Lotus 37-I, a new unique design for a passive solar cooker with an emphasis on sustainability and cooking efficiency, and gives an overview of the technical, social, environmental, and economic implications of solar cooking. I, Alex Haney worked with Jason Wallace to complete this project in three phases: background research, design and build, and sustainability analysis. During the background research phase we researched the current state of the art of solar cooking, looked at the leading designs on the market, and gained a thorough understanding of the social, economic, technical, and scientific contexts of solar cooking. We tested the performance of the Tulsi®-Hybrid Solar Oven model over the summer of 2011. During the design and build phase, we brainstormed and formulated our own unique design based on our working knowledge of the subject and chose a design using an engineering decision matrix to weigh different options. During the final phase we analyzed the cost of our cooker design and investigated the practicality of presenting our design to the market and investigated the feasibility of attaining a patent. We found that the performance of our design, the Lotus 37-I, is comparable to other designs on the market, and, with its emphasis on using recycled material, it can provide a sustainable cooking option for the developing world. However, we did not seek a patent at this time due to the large financial investment required and the need for further design improvement.
Author | : Barbara P. Kerr |
Publisher | : Barbara P. Kerr |
Total Pages | : 79 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Solar cooking |
ISBN | : 9780963267405 |
This definitive textbook deals with all aspects of solar box cookers. While it is a suitable reference for the experienced builder, it is widely used for technology transfer in Third World locations & is comprehensible by young students, housewives & those without a technical education. The emphasis is on inexpensive, locally available materials & handcraft methods. It covers principles & guidelines for designing your own solar box oven in the materials of your choice. Designing, building & using solar box devices for a variety of non-cooking purposes are discussed. Four different sets of plans for simple cardboard solar box cookers are included along with recipes & cooking strategies. It is an indispensable guide for those interested in serious solar cooking. "All those who build & use SBCs must read this book..."--Darwin O'Ryan Curtis. Call or write for information to order, Barbara Kerr, Post Office Box 576, Taylor, AZ 85939. Phone: 602-536-2269.
Author | : Elizabeth Suneby |
Publisher | : Kids Can Press Ltd |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2018-05-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1525300903 |
A boy, a science project and an answer to a critical problem. During monsoon season in Bangladesh, Iqbal’s mother must cook the family’s meals indoors, over an open fire, even though the smoke makes her and the family sick. So when Iqbal hears that his school’s science fair has the theme of sustainability, he comes up with the perfect idea for his entry: he’ll design a stove that doesn’t produce smoke! Has Iqbal found a way to win first prize in the science fair while providing cleaner air and better health for his family at the same time? Sometimes it takes a kid to imagine a better idea — make that an ingenious one!
Author | : Elizabeth Cecelski |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2015-09-16 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1317359801 |
This volume originated as a report given to the World Bank in 1978 on the household energy consumption of both the urban and rural poor in developing countries. Originally published in 1979, this title supplies alternatives for meeting the domestic energy needs of the poor in developing countries and looks at the results of experiments in introducing new forms of energy. This book is a valuable resource for public policy makers and students interested in environmental studies and developmental studies.
Author | : H. Tabor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
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Author | : Pia Piroschka Otte |
Publisher | : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2014-09-23 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783659607172 |
This study investigates the determining factors for the successful adoption of institutional solar cookers. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 24 institutions in four different countries that had a particular type of solar cooker installed. A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) approach was employed to answer the question at hand. The analysis results in four core variables, the presence of which implies the successful adoption of solar cookers. These are: (1) 'High Compatibility with Schedule of Daily Routine', (2) 'High Compatibility with Local Food Characteristics', (3) 'High Levels of Economic Motivation' and (4) 'High Levels of Environmental Motivation'. An interesting result is that institutions that have successfully adopted solar cookers are religious institutions and that these institutions show a very strong affinity for protecting nature as part of their spiritual belief. Furthermore, the condition 'High Compatibility with Local Food Characteristics' took on another spiritual meaning apart from the actual objective taste; it became associated with purity, one major principle of Hinduism.
Author | : Nicola Ulivieri |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2019-12-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0244841403 |
An exhaustive manual-essay introducing you to the world of solar cookers that highlights the potential of these practical tools with which you can cook your dishes outdoors with solar energy alone. You will learn the history, development and refinement of solar cookers, but also the theory of apparent motion of the Sun, as well of solar radiation and its conversion into heat. This book is accompanied by an extensive theoretical and practical section that illustrates the working principles of solar cookers: complete with the methods to build them with recycled materials, illustrative examples and advice on recipes.
Author | : Patricia McArdle |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2011-06-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101515317 |
An American diplomat is forced to confront the devastation of her past when she is assigned to remote northern Afghanistan. Twenty-one years ago, diplomat Angela Morgan witnessed the death of her husband during the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Devastated by her loss, she fled back to America, where she hid in the backwaters of the State Department and avoided the high-profile postings that would advance her career. Now, with that career about to dead-end and no true connections at home, she must take the one assignment available-at a remote British army outpost in northern Afghanistan. Unwelcome among the soldiers and unaccepted by the local government and warlords, Angela has to fight to earn the respect of her colleagues, especially the enigmatic Mark Davies, a British major who is by turns her staunchest ally and her fiercest critic. Frustrated at her inability to contribute to the nation's reconstruction, Angela slips out of camp disguised in a burka to provide aid to the refugees in the war-torn region. She becomes their farishta, or "angel," in the local Dari language-and discovers a new purpose for her life, a way to finally put her grief behind her. Drawing on the experiences of the author as a diplomat in Afghanistan, Farishta is a deeply moving and fast-paced story of a woman struggling to move beyond a past trauma, and finding a new community, a new love, and a new sense of self in the process.
Author | : Dustin Mulvaney |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | : 545 |
Release | : 2011-05-03 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1452266247 |
Green Technology: An A-to-Z Guide explores the essential role of technology and its most recent developments toward a sustainable environment. Twofold in its definition, green technology includes the changing of existing technology toward energy conservation as well as the creation of new, clean technology aimed at utilizing renewable resources. With a primary focus on waste management, the volume presents more than 150 articles in A-to-Z format featuring such disciplines as nanoscience, biochemistry, information technology, and environmental engineering. Scholars and experts in their fields present a full range of topics from applications of green technology to The Green Grid global consortium to membrane technology and water purification systems to waste-to-energy technology. This work culminates in an outstanding reference available in both print and electronic formats for academic, university, and public libraries. Vivid photographs, searchable hyperlinks, an extensive resource guide, numerous cross references, and a clear, accessible writing style make the Green Society volumes ideal for classroom use as well as for research.