New Pot Inventions that Use Alternative Energy
In the past, many households used wood as cooking fuel. While it was a renewable source, it led to environmental degradation due to too much consumption. But this was not the only negative impact of the method. Currently, many experts have recognised it as a main health problem, as the toxic smoke coming from the fire can cause respiratory diseases, killing around 1.5 million children and women every year, as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO).
To solve the setbacks, some inventors have come up with alternative technologies, which use solar energy. These new cooking systems include the following:
It has three types, basing on the means of using sunlight as power.
1. Concentrating
2. Box – It has insulation and a reflective lid. Additionally, it has a removable transparent lid, so you can put dark pots in. Plus, it has reflectors (usually one or more) with aluminium foil or other materials capable of bouncing light inside. Generally, the container’s inner walls and bottom are black or dark in colour to lessen heat loss and to reflect the radiance inwards.
3. Panel – It is yet the simplest form designed and developed. It has multiple reflectors (which are less complicated than the other types) arranged in a way that it directs solar radiation to a black pot with clear and heat-resistant enclosure.
It is a current development by a company, which promotes sunlight energy for households. It consists of a big clear vessel with a black pot inside and a transparent lid. The design encourages even heating, as the sun can shine on all sides, including the bottom part.
Generally used to boil, it has a vacuum or evacuated glass tube, which captures and stores solar energy required to heat the vessel. On the other hand, it may function as an autoclave (a heated container for processes that use high temperatures) or an oven through dry heat.
These technologies are very amazing that they make the food preparation guides on the other pages on this website seem easy and interesting.
