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	Solar box cooker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The inside insulator for the solar box cooker has to be able to withstand temperatures up to 150° C without melting or off-gassing.
		The solar box cooker typically reaches a temperature of 150° C; not as hot as a standard oven, but still hot enough to cook food over a somewhat longer period of time.
		Solar box cookers can be made of locally available materials or be manufactured in a factory for sale.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solar_box_cooker (513 words)

	Solar box cooker - Wikipedia
		The inside insulator for the solar box cooker has to be able to take temperatures up to one hundred and fifty degrees Celsius.
		The solar box cooker typically reaches a temperature of ninety degrees; not as high as in a standard oven; but, still enough to warm food over a long period of say an hour.
		The cooker is usually used to warm food and drinks; but, can also be used to pasteurize milk and water.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solar_box_cooker (452 words)

	Learn more about Solar power in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A solar thermal power plant has a system of mirrors to concentrate the sunlight on to an absorber, the energy then being used to drive turbines or a thermocouple.
		Solar cells have been cost-effective for many years for satellites, earthbound signalling and communication equipment, such as remote area telecommunications equipment, off-grid installations such as remote homes and traffic signals, and low power applications like calculators and garden lighting.
		Solar not nuclear is a catch-cry of both antinuclear environmental groups and many technological optimists, particularly as advances in direct solar heating continue to be made.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/so/solar_power.html (1016 words)

	Solar box cooker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The box itself is covered on the outside with a reflector; usually (A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite) aluminium foil, to decrease radiative heat loss.
		The inside insulator for the solar box cooker has to be able to take temperatures up to 150 ° (Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)) Celsius.
		The fl ((physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation) absorber is either a paint like flat-fl spray paint (one that is non-toxic when dry) or fl (Pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk) tempera paint, or better yet, a fl drip pan.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/solar_box_cooker.htm (529 words)

	How to Make a Solar Box Cooker
		Before cooking food for the first time in new solar box cooker is to let it heat empty in the sun for several hours to be sure all paint and glue is dry and won't give off fumes.
		You don't have to move the box to follow the sun, unless you want hotter temperature (the day is cloudy, or the sun is at a lower angle, or the quantity of food is large).
		Solar box cooking has been used regularly for over ten years in several parts of the world, and new uses are still being discovered.
	www.zb.eco.pl /gb/1/cooker.htm (1290 words)

	solar cooker
		Handling it is easy, but the solar cooker does need its space: the larger the reflector surface, the stronger its power to heat.
		The simplest form of the solar cooker is the solar oven which is shaped like a box.
		Solar cookers are often constructed by children in physics courses because they are easy to build.
	daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/AE_solar_cooker.html (278 words)

	Solar box cookers: Journey to Forever - how free solar energy is saving lives, saving trees, fighting poverty and ...
		Solar box cookers can pasteurize drinking water: heating water to 65 deg C for six minutes destroys disease organisms, and this temperature is easily achieved with solar box cookers.
		Solar box cookers would also save millions of women many hours (or days) wasted searching for firewood, giving them the time to look after their children, grow more food, and for education -- which is the key to reducing population growth.
		Solar box cookers are easy to make -- one cooker designed to be simple enough for 10-year-olds to build without tools in less than an hour is now helping to feed refugees in Africa.
	journeytoforever.org /sc.html (1439 words)

	Solar Cooking: Instructions for Building a Solar Box Cooker
		After all the supplies are gathered, the first step in constructing the solar box cooker is cutting the cardboard and foil-backed foam board insulation into the correct sizes.
		The last stage is to use the outer box and bungee cords to hold the reflector and inner box together.
		The inner box of the solar box cooker traps the heat used for cooking.
	www.exoticblades.com /tamara/sol_cook/instruct.html (2725 words)

	Box Type Solar Cooker - Solar Energy - GEDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Outer Box: The outer box of a solar cooker is generally made of G.I. or aluminum sheet or fibre reinforced plastic.
		Thermal Insulator: The space between the outer box and inner tray including bottom of the tray is packed with insulating material such as glass wool pads to reduce heat losses from the cooker.
		Mirror: Mirror is used in a solar cooker to increase the radiation input on the absorbing space and is fixed on the inner side of the main cover of the box.
	www.geda.org.in /solar/so_slr_cooker.htm (567 words)

	Making and using a solar cooker by Joe Radabaugh Issue 30
		Solar cooking is a delightful alternative to conventional cooking methods.
		The people who have taken the time to integrate solar cooking into their lives find the motivation to keep refining the designs comes from the tools themselves: solar-cooked foods taste delicious and the ovens are fun and easy to use.
		For a medium size cooker, the area of opening of the inner box (length times width) should equal 120 to 160 square inches, and it should be 9 to 12 inches deep.
	www.backwoodshome.com /articles/radabaugh30.html (2164 words)

	Solar Cookers International - spreading solar cooking to benefit people and environments
		Solar cookers are an ideal addition to any kitchen wherever there are predictable hours of sun many days of the year.
		Solar cookers are safe around children and provide a great way to learn about and use solar energy.
		Solar Cookers International (SCI) spreads solar cooking awareness and skills worldwide, particularly in areas with plentiful sunshine and diminishing sources of cooking fuel.
	solarcookers.org (318 words)

	Solar Cooking: Tips for Using the Solar Box Cooker
		It is important to place the solar box cooker in the sun to heat thoroughly before using it to cook.
		Place the cooker with the long side centered on the sun’s east-to-west path across the sky shortly before the sun is directly overhead.
		If the inner box of solar box cooker doesn’t reach these temperatures on a day with full sun in the summertime, read the suggestions on troubleshooting at the end of this section for more information on improving the cooker’s performance.
	www.exoticblades.com /tamara/sol_cook/tips.html (1010 words)

	Sun Ovens are Wonderful
		Since food is cooked slowly at relatively low temperature in a solar oven (as in a crock pot), food retains more of its flavor and vitamins and is quite simply delicious.
		Solar ovens have come on the market which are built and designed to perfection.
		Write Solar Cookers International, 1919 21st Street #101 in Sacramento, CA 95814 and send them $5 for a detailed set of plans or $10 for a 50 page manual on solar cooking which includes the plans and a number of recipes.
	www.solarhaven.org /SolarCooking.htm (718 words)

	Solar Cooker - Compact Box Type
		The solar cooker is being propagated under the subsidy scheme of the Ministry of Energy, Department of Non-conventional Energy sources, Govt.
		The box type solar cooker consists of a rectangular box insulated at the bottom and sides and two glass covers at top.
		Cooking time:Time taken for cooking food in a solar cooker for a particular food material is defined as a cooking time in hours.
	www.daenvis.org /technology/ruraldevelpment24.htm (282 words)

	sun ovens, solar cookers and cook books.
		Solar cooking entails a few basic principles; reflection, concentration, the green house effect and absorption.
		Solar ovens have properly arranged reflective inner walls to direct and concentrate the sun's energy on the dark pot or dark bottom tray.
		They are chock full of information on solar cooking; including hints and techniques on cooking unique to the sun's energy source, and a wealth of the authors' shared experiences in the actual process of solar cooking.
	www.wisementrading.com /solarcooking.htm (1381 words)

	Read about Solar box cooker at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Solar box cooker and learn about Solar box cooker ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The box itself is covered on the outside with a reflector; usually
		The inside insulator for the solar box cooker has to be able to take temperatures up to 150 °
		The cooker is usually used to warm food and drinks but can also be used to pasteurize milk and sanitize
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Solar_box_cooker (413 words)

	The Reflective Open Box Solar Cooker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I have been very impressed to read, in SBJ #17, that the solar panel cooker (SPC) idea, as publicized by Barbara Kerr and myself in the preceding issue, had met with an abundant response.
		A pleasant surprise was that the removal of the central back panel not only resulted in a more compact and stable cooker, but also improved the efficiency of the reflective surfaces, by permitting multiple reflections between the two remaining vertical panels.
		There are also plans for making this cooker in a way that it is collapsible.
	www.solarcooking.org /newpanel.htm (855 words)

	The solar pot skirt: greenhouse and pot stand for solar panel cooking
		A solar pot skirt is a simple cylinder of a special transparent plastic, open at both ends.
		Air cannot escape through the top opening of the solar pot skirt, or at least not very quickly, because of the seal created by the pressure of the rim of the pot on the top edge of the solar pot skirt.
		A thickness of 0.030 inches (referred to as "oh-three-oh", or "thirty thou", equal to 0.076 millimeters) is ideal for fabrication of solar pot skirts for pots of diameters from six inches to 12 or 14 inches (15 to 35 centimeters).
	geocities.com /davidmdelaney/pot-skirt/pot-skirt.html (544 words)

	solar1.htm
		Use of solar energy would save a lot of time and money for the user and this could be effectively diverted for increased productive activities and monetary gains which means better living standards and overall prosperity.
		The Box type design was one of the first solar cookers to appear under the sun, and is one of the popular designs now.
		The Indirect type solar cookers are those that have collectors outside and the cooking area or plate is inside the house.
	members.tripod.com /%7Eashokk_3/solar1.htm (1897 words)

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		The cooker, when finished, was a box of 3/8" plywood with 1" duct insulation on the inside, shiny side facing in.
		The oven is essentially two nested cardboard boxes, covered (all except the outside of the outer box) with aluminum foil.
		Their correct address & phone number is: Solar Box Cookers International 1724 11th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 916-444- 6616 By the way, pasteurizing water is possible in a solar box cooker now.
	metalab.unc.edu /pub/academic/environment/alternative-energy/energy-resources/homepower-magazine/archives/12/12pg14.txt (664 words)

	Dragonwing - Solar cooking
		Solar cookers operate on the principle of the slow cooker.
		The cooker is then pointed to that portion of the sky the sun is expected to occupy at about the halfway point in the cooking time.
		The only advantage of the box cooker is that it can accept two or three pots instead of one, so we can cook more food at a time.
	midtown.net /dragonwing/col9907.htm (946 words)

	Solar Box Cooker
		The outer box should be larger all around, but it doesn't matter how much bigger, as long as there is a half inch (1.5cm) or more of an airspace between the two boxes.
		Fold the top flaps closed on the outer box and set the inner box on top and trace a line around it onto the top of the outer box, Remove the inner box and cut along this line to form a hole in the top of the outer box (Figure 1).
		Place some wads of crumpled newspaper into the outer box so that when you set the inner box down inside the hole in the outer box, the flaps on the inner box just touch the top of the outer box (Figure 3).
	www.mbay.net /~goth/secure/solarbox.html (1193 words)

	Solar Cooker Resources on the Web: Journey to Forever
		He points out that, though solar cookers were often resisted by traditional communites in the past, simply because they weren't used to them, these days they often don't have much choice in the matter because the supplies of traditional fuel have run out.
		Cooker: designs for box cookers have grown simpler, but fitting a lid can still be difficult and time consuming.
		Detailed plans for building a plywood multi-reflector box cooker, a cardboard single-reflector box cooker, a cardboard parabolic cooker, and a solar reflector "hot plate" cooker, with line drawings and photos, history of solar cookers, solar cooking tips and necessary cookware, 62 pages of solar recipes.
	journeytoforever.org /sc_link.html (1982 words)

	Working of Box type Solar Cooker - Solar Energy - GEDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Keep the cooker in the sun at least for 45 minutes before loading it with cooking pots.
		Adjust the cooker in such a way that the reflecting mirror faces the sun and the reflected rays fall on the transparent glass lid.
		Open the glass lid of the solar cooker, place the cooking pots inside it and close the lid properly.
	www.geda.org.in /solar/so_slr_cooker_boxhowit.htm (293 words)

	Solar box cooker: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Solar box cooker
		Solar box cooker: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Solar box cooker
		They're surprisingly useful appliances that are mostly seen in poor places or remote locations.
		The Expanding World of Solar Box Cookers (http://solarcooking.org/kerr.htm)
	www.encyclopedian.com /so/Solar-box-cooker.html (444 words)

	Solar Box Cooker Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Solar Box Cookers - Bargain Prices - Shop fast.
		Solar Box Cookers - Compare Prices - Shop for over 30 million products at 50,000 stores.
		Looking For solar box cooker - Find solar box cooker and more at Lycos Search.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Solar_box_cooker (714 words)

	Make a pizza box solar cooker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The pizza box solar cooker can reach temperatures of 275 degrees, hot enough to cook food and kill germs in water.
		Students will be handed a handout on how to build a solar cooker in class.
		that is the day that each student will build a solar cooker in class.
	www.georgetown.txed.net /faculty/tippit/RayH/feb%2023%202004%20Make%20a%20pizza%20box%20solar%20cooker%20from%20Recycled%20pizza%20box.htm (85 words)

	Sun Oven Solar Power Solar Energy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the course of the seasons the incident angle of the solar radiation varies + / – 23,5° in relation with the perpendicular to earth-axis.
		People happily like to use solar-cookers when the cooker is practical, delivers enough energy for their needs and when they don’t have to change their cooking-habits too much.
		Solar Energy is used to its maximum and the owners are proud of the installation.
	www.sunoven.de /scheffler-mirrors-info.html (2092 words)

	Solar oven - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		A solar oven or solar furnace is a way of harnessing the sun's power to cook food.
		Apart from the obvious need for sunlight and the need to aim the solar oven before use, using a solar oven is not substantially different from a regular oven.
		The first known western solar oven was built by Horace de Saussure in 1767.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Solar_oven (297 words)

	The Classic SCI - Box Oven! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The outer box should be larger all around, but it doesn¹t matter how much bigger as long as there is one inch (2.5cm) or more of an airspace between the two boxes.
		Glue foil to the inside of both boxes and also to the inside of the remaining flaps of the outer box.
		The inner box will be visable even after you assembly, so if it matters to you, you might want to take more time here.
	www.deathvalleypizza.com /SCIPlanz.html (1377 words)

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