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Thermal Performance Evaluation and Testing of Improved Animal Feed Solar Cooker

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Title Thermal Performance Evaluation and Testing of Improved Animal Feed Solar Cooker
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Creator Surendra Poonia
A.K.Singh
P.Santra
N.M. Nahar
D. Mishra
 
Subject Animal feed solar cooker
Thermal performance
Efficiency
 
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An improved solar cooker for animal feed was fabricated using locally available materials as
bricks, cement, sand and pearl millet hull. The commercial materials used for its fabrication
were glass covers, 24 SWG galvanised steel, wood, aluminum sheet, and cooking utensils.
Length to width ratio of the cooker was designed as 3:1 for maximum radiation exposure on
the glass window at any time in a day. It helped in eliminating the need for azimuthal tracking
of the cooker, which is essential for a simple hot box solar cooker. The solar cooker was
capable of boiling 10 kg animal feed per day, sufficient for four cattle heads, with efficiency
of 26.4 per cent. The thermal performance of the animal feed solar cooker through stagnation
and water boiling tests performed during April, 2016 indicated the First Figure of Merit (F1),
Second Figure of Merit (F2) and standardized cooking power (Ps) to be 0.089 m2.°C.W-1, 0.288
J.W-1.°C-1 and 27.40 W, respectively. It indicates that the developed cooker falls under category
“B” of BIS standard, but sufficient for cooking of animal feed once a day.
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Date 2020-08-21T04:35:12Z
2020-08-21T04:35:12Z
2017-01-28
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/39856
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, New Delhi, India