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frequently asked questions

• english: frequently-asked questions
• catalan: preguntes m�s freq�ents de cuina solar
• chinese:
• farsi:
• french: questions courantes sur les fours solaires
• german: h�ufig gestellte fragen
• hebrew:
• italian: domande frequenti sulla cucina solare
• japanese: solar cooking frequently-asked questions
• portuguese: perguntas freq�entes sobre cozimento solar
• russian:
• spanish: preguntas frecuentes de la cocci�n solar
• tshiluba: nkonku ya pabuayi pa matshuwa adi ipika ne munya wa diba
• urdu: solar cooking frequently-asked questions
• vietnamese: những c�u hỏi th�ng thường về bếp nấu d�ng năng lượng mặt trời

newsletters

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the benefits of solar cooking

• balancing the scales -- reducing inequities with solar box cookers (also in chinese, farsi, french, german, italian, portuguese, and spanish)
• solar cookers support all of the united nations millennium development goals (also in spanish)
• affordable solar cookers for the neediest
• calculation of potential avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions when replacing wood cooking
• solar ovens for developing countries
• lasting impacts of solar cooker projects
• estimate your cost savings from solar cooking (also in portuguese)
• fuelwood as percentage of energy consumption in developing countries
• the big adventure of a little solar cooker (also in french)
• cooking smoke: a pervasive killer in developing countries
• un report: indoor air pollution in developing countries (pdf)
• ecological cookers: an essential element in bettering household health
• reducing environmental damage caused by the collection of cooking fuel by refugees

the design and science of solar cookers

• compendium of solar cooker designs
• principles of solar box cooker design (also in arabic, chinese, french, italian, portuguese, and spanish)
• the technology of solar cooking - dr. ed pejack
• the full text of the book the expanding world of solar box cooking
• solar cookers: how to make, use, and enjoy (also in french)
• food safety and solar cooking (also in german, italian, farsi, portuguese, and spanish)
• the importance of eye safety in solar cooking
• through-the-wall ovens (also in french and farsi)
• the barbara kerr solar wall oven do-it-yourself guidelines
• tips on construction and cooking (also in italian and spanish)
• tips and tricks 1, 2, 3
• a history of solar cooking (also in portuguese)
• horace de saussure and his hot boxes of the 1700's
• developing an intuitive feel for the dynamics of solar cooking (also in portuguese, spanish, and urdu, and vietnamese)
• the villager sun oven
• solar cooking on the roof
• solar cookers and other cooking alternatives
• solar oven trackers (also in french)
• solar tracking with a box-style cooker
• tests of the solar funnel and bowl cookers in 2001
• a parabolic cooker for unattended cooking
• the kerr-cole large solar panel/propane hybrid stoves
• making a parabolic reflector out of a flat sheet (also in french)
• an alignment template for unattended solar cooking
• robustness of a reflective solar cooker
• side-by-side comparison of the various panel cookers
• theories behind a chinese reflective solar cooker
• greenhouse enclosure comparison tests
• more on this topic in the solar cooking archive wiki

performance testing and standards

• solar oven development and testing project
• rating solar cookers (also in french)
• testing and reporting solar cooker performance
• international standards for testing solar cookers
• development of a comparative framework for evaluating the performance of solar cooking devices (word doc)

pots, glazings, reflectors, etc.

• pot with integrated greenhouse for solar panel cooker
• comparison of lids for greenhouse pots for solar panel cookers
• information on the solar absorbtivity and emmitance of various materials
• converting a box cooker to have round inner walls
• investigation of reflective materials for the solar cooker
• program for calculating the shape of parabolas for concentrating solar cookers
• tests using a photovoltaic cell to compare reflectors and various glazing materials
• using spinning liquids to simplify the construction of parabolic reflectors in solar cookers
• investigation of polycarbonate as a suitable "greenhouse" material for the solar cooker
• recipe for making wheat paste (also in french, lingala, portuguese, spanish, tshiluba)
• more on this topic in the solar cooking archive wiki

other uses of solar cookers

• non-cooking uses of box solar cookers
• canning fruits with a solar box cooker (also in farsi, french, german, portuguese, russian, and spanish)
• the who golden rules for safe food preparation
• sterilizing medical waste in a solar box cooker
• a simple solar (sunflower) autoclave design
• the use of the solar panel cooker for medical pressure steam sterilization
• using a solar oven as a radiant refrigerator at night