RECEIVER TEMPERATURE MAPS OF PARABOLIC COLLECTOR USED FOR SOLAR FOOD COOKING APPLICATION IN ALGERIA

Abstract

Limited fossil resources and environmental problems imply that development of solar thermal appliances will play major role in incoming years, especially to meeting domestic energy requirements. The cooking energy demand, which is the largest primary energy-consuming sector and, are continuously increasing. This research paper deal with the temperatures and efficiency mapping of a realized parabolic solar cooker tested in Saharan region of Ghardaîa (Algeria) climatic conditions. Using Black body temperature equation’s based on Stefan-Boltzmann law, maps for focal areas receiver temperatures of the cooker are obtained by converting obtained results from optical simulation to thermal values. Several maps are generated through present study for both summer and winter with clear and cloud skies. It was found that cooker temperature values obtained during experimentations and that estimated using the proposed approach has good agreement. The rate of using the cooker from Northern to Southern regions of the country was not identical. For cloudy skies, the major area of the country is favorable for the use of the cooker during winter months. For clear skies, the mapping results indicate that the realized cooker is efficient in all the country throughout the summer season with temperatures exceeding 110 °C. The use of the cooker will be reduced by going in South to North regions during the winter months, depending on the amount of solar radiations received.

Keywords

• Solar Radiation,Parabolic Solar Cooker,Temperature Maps,Food Cooking

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