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Solar Cooking and Health

Practical Action

Figure 4: HotPot panel cooker. Photo: Christine

Danton, SHE Inc.

The third and most recent design is the

panel cooker. Its major features are low

cost and increased portability, as the

panels are hinged and can be folded up.

Invented by Dr. Roger Bernard, it was

initially adapted by Solar Cookers

International for use in refugee camps. A

commercial model developed by Solar

Household Energy, Inc. is now available. In

this model, called the HotPot, a black steel

cooking pot with a wide flange is

suspended inside a transparent glass bowl

with a space of 1.3cm between the two.

This assembly is covered with a glass lid

and placed in front of a foldable reflector

designed to deliver solar energy through the

glass bowl to the black pot. The resultant

heat is retained between bowl and pot by

the pot’s flange (Figure 4).

References

WHO Global burden of disease due to indoor air pollution

http://www.who.int/indoorair/health_impacts/burden_global/en/index.html

Children’s Hospital Trust: http://www.childrenshospitaltrust.org.za/news.asp?PageID=263

Knudson, B and B. Lankford. 1998. Executive Summary of a Solar Oven Promotion

Program Evaluation in Kenya._ Solar Cookers International, Sacramento, California.

Pell, C. 2005. Solar Cookers in Bolivia: Patterns of usage, social impacts and

complexities of enumeration. Masters thesis, the Anthropology Department, University

College London

Solar Cookers International (SCI). 1999. Executive Summary of a Solar Oven Promotion

Program in Ethiopia. Solar Cookers International, Sacramento, California.