International Journal of Engineering and Technology

This paper presents the performance testing and promotion of solar cooking in Republic of Djibouti. Djibouti shows tremendous solar potential, therefore, solar cooking technology is as a solution to reduce energy requirements and environmental degradation. The Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) is 4.7-7.3 kWh per square meter per day (m2/ day) throughout most of the country. The thermal performance parameters, first figure of merit (F1), second figure of merit (F2) and standard cooking power (Padj) suggested by Bureau of Indian Standard for solar cookers, have been evaluated by experimental studies. It is found that solar cooker is of A grade. Also comparative analysis to literature findings has been investigated to prove the thermal efficiency of proposal solar cooker. The experimental results obtained for thermal performance show that the solar cooker is capable of cooking a variety of foods easily under Djiboutian climate.