| Abstract: | A mathematical model of the heat transfer processes involved with a box-type solar cooker, containing food, was developed. Solar radiation, including that from a flat reflector, enters the box and heat transfer within and out of the box was considered. Using small increments of time, the computer model finds the temperature of the air, food, interior walls and top cover as the solar flux varies throughout the cooking period. Sample results are presented, giving the food temperature as affected by latitude, month, wind, clouds, mass of food, thermal resistance of the box walls and adjustment of the box while cooking. |
