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DESIGN PROCESS

Solar Cooking

Design: Get Involved
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PROBLEM STATEMENT

Our goal is to build an insulated solar-powered hot spot that is both portable and functional for extended periods of time. Looking to build upon the experimental solar kitchen that is already in place at Quail Springs, our solar cooker will be used for demonstrating the efficiency and simplicity of solar cooking.

CURRENT DESIGN

We got rid of the second exterior pot and moved the diode chain to the bottom of the frying pan. We filled the cavity between the frying pan and the pot with erythritol, a sugar,  and insulated it with wool sweaters in a Gatorade jug.

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Design: Welcome

PROTOTYPE #2

For our second design, we decided with Jan, our contact from Quail Springs, to make a frying pan using solar energy storage. Reusing our first prototype, cutting the pot in half and keeping the part with the diodes, we attached a frying pan without a handle on top of the pot.

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Design: Welcome

PROTOTYPE #1

Our first design included a pot with a diode chain around the bottom of it. The pot is connected to a solar panel. In 2 hours, it can boil water.

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