Solar cookers in the Third World
Subtitle: Evaluation of the prerequisites, prospects and impacts of an innovative technology
Publisher: Vieweg Verlag
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Braunschweig
Number of pages: 228
Table of contents: title: 1 Introduction; title: 2 Solar cookers and solar cooker projects; title: 2.1 Types and techniques; title: 2.2 Function; title: 2.3 Solar cooker projects; title: 2.4 State of the art and diffusion; title: 3 Conditions of acceptance for solar cookers; title: 3.1 Preliminary notes; title: 3.2 Solar radiation; title: 3.3 Energy demand; title: 3.4 Social situation; title: 3.5 Dietary patterns; title: 3.6 Eating habits; title: 3.7 Cooking habits; title: 3.8 Use of stoves, fireplaces, and hearths; title: 3.9 Solar cooker technology; title: 3.10 Economic efficiency; title: 3.11 Direct and indirect impacts; title: 3.12 General conditions of acceptance; title: 3.13 Summary; title: 4 Questions concerning solar cookers and solar cooker projects; title: 5 References; title: Appendix 1: Solar cooking devices; title: Appendix 2: Self-construction directions