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CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi- 110012

SOCIETAL PROGRAMME

Presented by:

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  1. Sudesh Yadav (20EE23J32002)
  2. Vishesh Garg (20EE23J32001)
  3. Kalpana Lodhi (20EE22J32001)
  4. Preeti Tiwari (10CC23J32003)
  5. Megha Rana (10PP23J32004)

Development of cost-effective solar chulha suitable for rural household cooking

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  • Adoption of solar cookers for cooking in rural areas has been limited due to its costing and limited usage for cooking of various types of food as one of the major reason.
  • Traditional biomass-based cooking methods, prevalent in rural households, contribute to indoor air pollution, deforestation, and adverse health impacts, particularly for women and children.

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Problems

  • Solar chulha based on heating element made of carbon fiber composite paper and other materials using solar photovoltaic module as clean and sustainable energy as source of electricity
  • The carbon fiber composite paper helps in reaching chulha to temperature 400 0C or more at 350 W which can be utilized in cooking various types of food.
  • Other materials will also be tested and used as heating element with improved design particularly for arresting undesired heat loss keeping same specification as of carbon paper based low powered solar chulha.

Proposed Solutions

A comparison study of temperature vs. Power of hot plate , resistive heater and carbon composite sheet

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Development of cost-effective Solar chulha suitable for rural household cooking

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High wattage approx. >1000W

High wattage approx. >1000W

Low wattage approx. <500W

    • low-smoke chuhla
      • bio-fuel/wood based

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        • Biomass Pellet Stove
        • Cost Rs. 2500/-

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        • Prakti improved cool stove Cost Rs. 1599

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      • electric cooking
      • based
        • Prestige induction heater, Rs. 1599/-

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    • Agni BPL Stove
    • Cost Rs. 1800/-
    • Oorja Pellet Stove
    • Cost Rs. 1800/-
    • Molo Electric hot plate 2000Watts, Rs. 1699/-
    • Orbon Coil Electric heater, Cost 1799/-
    • AAI Indian Electric cooking stove Rs. 1999/-

Solar powered cooking

Thermal Based

Photovoltaic based

Solar Collecter

Solar cooker

Solar box

Solar induction chulah

Solar Resistive Chulah

Development of cost-effective Solar chulha suitable for rural household cooking

Current scenario

Carbon composite based Solar chulha

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    • Properties Analysis
      • Optimization of carbon fiber composite paper and other metal properties for heating application
    • Development & Testing
      • Design, construction and performance testing of solar chulha
    • Field Testing
      • Testing in rural area for cooking various type of food (Rice, Puri, dal, cattle food)
    • Evaluation
      • Cost-effectiveness evaluation
      • Particulate matter monitoring before and after use

Work Plan

Direct Load

Carbon composite

Working of solar chulha

Development of cost-effective Solar chulha suitable for rural household cooking

CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi- 110012

outcome of the proposed work

  • An efficient and low powered solar chulha with optimized resistance of heating element
  • With improved design particularly for arresting undesired heat loss
  • Operated by solar photovoltaic module to make it clean and sustainable.

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