Shyam S Nandwani*

Retired Professor, Heredia, Researcher, Promotor, and User of Solar Energy, Costa Rica

*Corresponding Author: Shyam S Nandwani, Retired Professor, Heredia, Researcher, Promotor, and User of Solar Energy, Costa Rica.

Received: May 10, 2024; Published: May 22, 2024

Abstract

Not because of Global warming, wood deforestation, but only due to necessity, in February 1979 author made at his house a simple solar food warmer just to heat the meal cooked previous night. Looking into the success, many other solar and hybrid cooking ovens have been designed and studied, for research and also for personal use at home, whenever the climate permits. In the present work although all the models are mentioned in brief, only the models which are being used in the house will be mentioned in some detail. The different models have been disseminated at different communities, educational centers, through Lectures, Workshops, Radio, Newspapers and TV program, in Costa Rica and other 42 countries. In addition to publish research papers in journals, national and international conference, got a national patent in 1985, and published a book on Solar Cooking in Spanish in 1993 and revised edition in 2004. In summary this article is review of some of my published papers on Solar cooking during last 44 years and some recent results.

Keywords: Food Warmer; Solar Oven; Multipurpose and Hybrid Solar Electric Oven and Dryer; Global Warming

References

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Citation

Citation: Shyam S Nandwani. “Forty-Four Years of Experience with Research, Promotion and Uses of Solar Cookers - Review". Acta Scientific Applied Physics 4.1 (2024): 23-31.

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Copyright: © 2024 Shyam S Nandwani. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.