ABSTRACT

The present manuscript includes the experimental performance investigation of a solar cooking system for the cooking of Indian articles using steam. The system incorporates a novel SCP (steam cooking pot), evacuated tube collector, and thermal oil as working fluid to generate steam. The Indian food items like idli, dhokla, and momos were prepared using the investigated solar cooking system with SCP. The preparation of these items has been carried out by loading the pre-requisite material in the SCP during different times of the day. The maximum and minimum time for the carried out cooking was observed as 95 min and 65 min for dhokla and momos respectively. The energy of the thermal oil flowing through the SCP was utilized for the cooking and its value was calculated. The maximum of the averaged values of thermal oil energy in SCP was observed 300 kJ during the cooking performed at 13:55 h. The study concludes that the proposed SCP incorporated solar cooking system can be useful over conventional solar cooker regarding the cooking of food items with steam and three times a day.

摘要

本手稿包括使用蒸汽烹饪印度物品的太阳能烹饪系统的实验性能研究。该系统采用新型 SCP（蒸煮锅）、真空管集热器和热油作为工作流体以产生蒸汽。idli、dhokla 和 momos 等印度食品是使用经过调查的带有 SCP 的太阳能烹饪系统制备的。这些项目的准备工作是通过在一天中的不同时间在 SCP 中加载先决条件来进行的。dhokla 和 momos 的最长和最短时间分别为 95 分钟和 65 分钟。流经 SCP 的导热油的能量用于烹饪并计算其值。在 13 点 55 分的烹饪过程中，观察到 SCP 中热油能量平均值的最大值为 300 kJ。该研究得出的结论是，拟议的 SCP 太阳能烹饪系统在用蒸汽烹饪食物方面比传统的太阳能炊具更有用，而且每天 3 次。