DESIGN, SIMULATION, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A SOLAR OVEN

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Abstract
Table of Content

CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 The Present Work
1.4 Aim and Objectives
1.5 Justification of the Work

CHAPTER TWO
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Preamble
2.2 Solar radiation
2.3 Applications of solar radiation
2.3.1 Solar power application
2.3.2 Solar thermal applications
2.3.3 Solar powered cooling systems
2.4 Solar cookers
2.4.1 Solar box oven
2.4.2 Parabolic cookers
2.4.3 Panel cookers
2.4.4 Heat accumulating solar cookers
2.5 Historical background
2.6 Review of past works
2.7 Theoretical background
2.7.1 Incident radiation
2.7.2 Reflection of radiation
2.7.3 Transmission of radiation
2.7.4 Absorption
2.8 Performance evaluation of solar oven
2.8.1 Test protocol

CHAPTER THREE
3.0 MATERIALS AND METHODS
3.1 Description of Solar Oven System
3.2 Materials
3.2.1 Reflectors
3.2.2 Glazing
3.2.3 Insulation
3.2.4 Casing
3.3 Solar Data
3.4 Design theory
3.4.1 Tracking mode
3.4.2 Angle of incidence of reflected radiation
3.4.3 Exchange and shading factors
3.4.4 Energy absorbed by collector
3.4.5 Heat balance equations
3.5 Solar Oven Model and Optimisation
3.5.1 Thermal system modelling
3.5.2 Determination of optimum collector slope
3.5.3 Determination of reflector tilt angle
3.5.4 Determination of Design month
3.5.5 Determination of optimum collector area and insulation thickness
3.5.6 Temperature calculations
3.6 Production of Oven Components
3.6.1 Insulated oven box
3.6.2 Absorber
3.6.3 Level tray
3.6.4 Glazing
3.6.5 Reflectors
3.6.6 Door
3.6.7 Support frame
3.7 Simulation of Solar Oven Chamber temperature
3.8 Experimental Setup
3.9 Test Procedure
3.10 Error Analysis

CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1       Optimisation of Design Parameters
4.1.1    Monthly          optimum collector slope
4.1.2 Monthly optimum tilt angles of reflectors R1 and R2
4.1.3 Design month
4.1.4 Optimum collector area and insulation thickness
4.2 Experimental Results
4.2.1 Observations
4.2.2 Error analysis
4.2.3 System performance measurement
4.2.4 Cost evaluation

CHAPTER FIVE
5.0       SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1       Summary
5.2       Conclusions
5.3 Recommendations
REFERENCES
APPENDICES


Abstract
A solar ovenis a device that converts solar energy into useful heat in a confined space (oven chamber) which can be utilised for cooking and baking purposes.The oven consists of plane reflectors to concentrate the solar radiation on the collector.The heat gain is maximum if the collector and reflectors are continuously adjusted such that the incidence angle of the reflected and direct radiations are minimised. In practise, it is always difficult to manually track the movement of the sun and the use of trackers can be very expensive. As such, an analytical model was developed to evaluate the optimum monthly collector and reflector tilts for maximum output hen employing the single axis tracking mode. The operation of the different components of the oven was modelled using TRNSYS, Microsoft Excel and EES programs alongside solar data for Zaria. Optimisation of the design was carried out based onweather conditions prevalent on the average day of the design month i.e. the month with the least solar radiation. The tilt angles of collector and reflectors required for the optimum collection of solar irradiation for each month were obtained from the simulation results of the oven model carried out for 12 months of the year. The optimum collector area and insulation thickness were also obtained through parametric studies by varying the aforementioned parameters until a stagnation temperature of 100C was obtained for the average day of the design month. The simulation results for the design with different collector areas and insulation thickness show that an area of 0.49m2 and thickness of 0.12m yields a stagnation temperature of 100C. However, the stagnation temperature achieved was insensitive to larger values of the design parameters.


CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Energy is the focal point of all human activities; it is the basis of industrial civilization. Without energy, modern life would cease to exist. In the past, the demand for energy sources was minimal because it was primarily used for cooking and local production. But as time went on, population increase and technological advancement led to more demand for energy. The major sources of energy are the conventional sources, which include: fossil fuels, and nuclear fuels. Fossil fuels, which include petroleum, coal, and natural gas, provide most of the energy need of modern industrial society. Other uses are found in the transportation, residential heating, and electric-power generation. Nuclear fuels are used to generate electricity, but it is utilised mainly in the developed countries due to high level of supervision and maintenance required. The non-conventional (renewable) sources of energy include: hydroelectric power, solar energy, wind energy, biomass, ocean thermal energy, tidal energy, and geothermal energy, but the potential of these sources is still underutilised because they are much more expensive to harness than energy derived from fossil fuels. Hydroelectric power requires a large capital investment, so it is often uneconomical for a region where coal or oil is cheap. As such, they contribute a little percentage to the massive energy requirement of the world population. However, the fear of depletion of fossil fuels due to the fast rate of consumption has provoked further development of these alternative energy sources, such as solar energy.
Household energy need is one of the biggest issues in the daily lives of people around the world. The most important energy-consuming activities in most households are cooking, lighting......

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