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Parabolic Solar Cookers

Parabolic Solar Cookers. Lonny Grafman Most Images from Appropedia Outline Background Basics Design Examples More Examples Math and Physics Resources Discussion. 100 0 watts/m 2. Solar Box Cooker a ka Solar Oven. Solar Parabolic Cooker. The Parabola. y=a x 2 f=1/(4a). y. f. x.

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Parabolic Solar Cookers

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  1. Parabolic Solar Cookers • Lonny Grafman • Most Images from Appropedia • Outline • Background • Basics • Design Examples • More Examples • Math and Physics Resources • Discussion

  2. 1000 watts/m2

  3. Solar Box Cooker • aka Solar Oven

  4. Solar Parabolic Cooker

  5. The Parabola

  6. y=ax2 f=1/(4a) y f x

  7. The Parabola - Definition http://www.cut-the-knot.org/ctk/Parabola.shtml#Theorem1

  8. The Parabola - Reflection http://www.cut-the-knot.org/ctk/Parabola.shtml#Theorem1

  9. The Paraboloid • The Parabola

  10. Design Criteria: • Use of local materials • Efficiency • Durability • Ease of use • Ease of construction • Cost • Impact on environment • Impact on lifestyle Design Objective: To create a solar cookerfrom local invasive species and waste materials that can pasteurize water and be a cooking alternative to the use of fossil fuels.

  11. Results: • Equation: y =.5x2 • Time to boil quart: ~2 hrs • Deformation Lessons Learned: • more blackberry runners • more rigid material for rings • Reflectivity Lessons Learned: • pampas grass too lumpy • no dull, small can lids

  12. Protection from Dazzles and Burns • Appropriate focal point size • Glasses and gloves • Deep dish focus • Physical barrier • Physical separation • Appropriate system size

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