We are working to build a kitchen powered by improved biomass cookstoves, solar concentrators and Photovoltaic-Electric (PVE) cookers.
Our ambition is to build a working solar kitchen to demonstrate and test our technologies in collaboration with partners in developing countries such as
AidAfrica and Working
Villages International. Summer of 2016, students are
developing a cooker that will go to
Uganda with 4 students and AidAfrica. Several past and present student groups are dedicated to these efforts including:
PVE Solar Cooking,
Improved Cookstoves, and
Solar Concentrators. Additionally, two senior project groups in Mechanical Engineering will develop the
provisionally patented PV solar cooking technology over the coming year. Also please see our
FaceBook Page.
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| We repurposed the chicken coop into a solar kitchen. The straw bales house the cooking pots, providing insulation. The chickens were moved to a larger nicer location. |
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| A heliostat will track to reflect sunlight onto a concentrator to cook food. |
