@article{article_1226664, title={Performance and Analysis of Thermal Energy on Solar Reflector Cooker - Application of an Alternative Source of Energy in Cyprus}, journal={The Eurasia Proceedings of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics}, volume={21}, pages={396–403}, year={2022}, DOI={10.55549/epstem.1226664}, author={Ebrahımı Vafaeı, Lida and Tackıe, Samuel Nii and Benstead, Serah and Eze, Mcdominic Chimaobi}, keywords={Solar cooker, Tilt angle, Thermal radiation}, abstract={This paper proposes a solar cooking device made of a flat array of concentric mirrors tilted to focus
on a small area. The mobile array of mirrors is mounted on a stand to be movable around a ball joint and with a
carrier for a cooking vessel held by a double crank at the focal area of the mirrors. Current solar cooker
inventions comprise a reflector that is constructed from a plurality of reflective concentric rings arranged in a
planar configuration. The term planar configuration, as used herein, is defined as a configuration in which flat
rings are arranged with some part of each ring lying in a plane that includes some part of each other ring
although each ring has a different tilt. This configuration is to be distinguished from a parabolic configuration.
The tilt of the flat concentric rings of the cooker permits sunlight to be focused at an area, about 5 inches in
diameter, obviating the need for the more expensive and difficult-to-manufacturer parabolic reflector, and is
more conducive to heating a cooking vessel.}, publisher={ISRES Publishing}