Experimental investigation of novel indirect solar cooker with indoor PCM thermal storage and cooking unit

Performance assessment of a solar domestic cooking unit integrated with thermal energy storage system

“…However, the success of solar cooking in household applications is possible only if the energy for cooking is made available even during non-sunshine hours. Therefore, solar cookers require energy storage to provide energy during the night and overcast periods [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. The collective information on solar cookers with energy storage system has been presented [20,21].…”

Comprehensive parametric study of using carbon foam structures saturated with PCMs in thermal management of electronic systems

“…To overcome this, several techniques for the enhancement of the thermal conductivity of the PCM, such as providing internal fins and carbon fibers inside the PCM containers, or mixing of high thermal conductivity nanoparticles with the PCM in suspension are studied by several researchers. Hussein et al [8] used metal screens placed inside the PCMs to improve PCM thermal conductivity. Wang et al [9] conducted transient three-dimensional heat transfer numerical simulations to investigate a hybrid PCM-based multi-fin heat sink.…”

Experimental comparison of different heat transfer fluid for thermal performance of a solar cooker based on evacuated tube collector

“…They concluded that at a constant inlet fluid temperature, mass flow rate has a small effect on the rate of charging, and with increase in inlet temperature of heat transfer fluid, rate of heat transfer increases in direct proportion. Hussein et al (2008) presented a novel indirect solar cooker based on flat plate solar collector and having magnesium nitrate hexahydrate as a PCM thermal storage unit. Solar cooker was of elliptical cross section, and wickless heat pipes were used.…”

“…The cooking was also carried out with flat plate collector with latent heat storage unit (Schwarzer and Silva 2003;Mettawee and Assassa 2006;Nallusamy et al 2007;Hussein et al 2008). Schwarzer and Silva (2003) tested a solar cooking system with or without heat storage in different countries of the world.…”