help to change from trational practice of wax melting and drying the match sticks of the tiny industries by way of using solar cookers(sk-14)and solar drier

This is a very interesting article from Femi Awobusuyi, Nigeria

In the past, the main reason for people adopting solar cooking was to reduce the environmental degradation caused by using too much fuel wood. More recently, respiratory diseases caused by toxic smoke from cooking fires have been recognized as a major health problem.

II. ZUSAMMENHANG UND MOTIVATION

II. 1-Motivation der Herstellung einer Solarküche

Holz und Holzkohle sind die Hauptquelle für Energie in 90% der Haushalte Togos. Dies entspricht etwa 350kg Holz oder 60kg Holzkohle pro Person und pro Jahr (mit Verlusten im Bereich von 30-40%). Das Potential der Sonne wird auf 4,4 kWh pro m2 und Tag geschätzt, bei einer Leistung über 700W/m2*.
Offeriert die Sonne die beste Alternative zur Deckung des Energieverbrauchs ?

I would like to work on the project as part towards my studies.

Therefore I am looking for the layout of the solar kitchen and to work on it for study purpose. if that can be permitted


Contact:
Mr. Gumede Stephen
Technikon Mangosuthu
Umlazi Highway
Umlazi
Durban
4026
South Africa

Thank you and regards

SOLARCOOKING FOR AFRICA: THREE YEARS
OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FROM MILANO, ITALY

Mercedes Mas Solè, Assoc. Salvambiente
V. Monti 9, 20090 Trezzano SN (Milano), Italy
Email: salvambiente@yahoo.it, oltreilconfine@tiscali.it





Since 2002 two small associations in the North of Italy (“Salvambiente” and “Oltreilconfine”) cooperated to promote the project SOLARCOOKING FOR AFRICA. One of them works mainly in the field of environment care, the other works in fair-trade and North-South projects.They sent nearly 100 solar cookers in 30 different countries through organizations and volunteers.

Our small company is aiming to start producing solar dryers. Recently, we are constructing solar collector workshop and we hope to start produce combi-system for water heating and as well crops drying. Few farms producing organic food at Egypt need solar dryers.

If you have a website showing solar food processing examles you are welcome to send us this link via e-mail and we will add it then to this website. Please send it to solarfood at ises.org

Thank you

Yours
Solar Food Network Team

White eggs in round, not highly conductive containers (their shells) cook very well, though not rapidly in solar box cookers.

Different foods may require more conduction (like soups), others more radiation, (like cakes) Women with more than one cooker from the different prototypes may use one cooker with certain characteristics for one type of food and another with distinct characteristics for anothertype of food.

During the last decades several organisations implemented many projects trying to introduce solar cookers in domestic households.
Experience shows that not only private households can profit from solar cookers but also small busnisses that use solar energy to produce any food product.
This example shows a small bakery in the North of Namibia. In May 2003 a Solar Stove was developed in Germany in order to produce 24 loaves at once. In September a second stove was built in Namibia and is used since that time.
The small scale bakery is able to bake up to 100 breads a day or about 300 little fish tin rolls.