solar cooker. 1)how can we make use of reflection to gather more solar energy ? we use black boxes...
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Solar cooker
1)How can we make use of reflection to gather more solar
energy ? We use black boxes to absorb heat ene
rgy and aluminium paper to reflect solar energy onto a tin of water.
2)What kind of materials should be used to construct the body of
the solar cooker?Why?• Black box – Absorb more solar energy
• Aluminium paper – Reflect solar energy
• Glue – to stick the aluminium paper
• Tin – container of water
3)what other measure can help to reduce heat loss by conduction
and convection? A polystyrene box reduce heat loss by conduction . It is an insulating box . A lid reduce heat loss by convection . Warm air can’t easily move upward to escape away fr
om the box.
4)How can we make use of greenhouse effect to trap more
solar energy?To trap heat energy making use of greenhouse
effect . The radiation enters the box and warms up the air inside. This radiation can’t easily escape through the glass and is trapped inside the box . This keeps the boxe warm , so that the temperature of water will increase gradually under the sun .
5)How should the container of water look like?
A aluminium can paint in black colour . It is because black colour surface is a good absorber of heat . Then , we can wrap the can with some cotton. It is because cotton can trap heat . Water is filled to ¾ of the can. So the water can heat up more quickly .
6) When and how the solar cooker should be used to enhance
its performance? After 10 minutes , the sun made the air of
solar cooker warm up . So the temperature of the water started increasing . At the end , the temperature of solar cooker increase 18 degrees .
Data recording
Time/min 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Temperature/oC 20 21 23 24 26 26.5 28
Time/min 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
Temperature/oC 29 30 32 33 35 36 38
COMMENT
We think this project is difficult . It is because we need so many material to make the solar cooker . Unfortunately , we have to make the solar cooker once again , because our solar cooker had been thrown away by somebody . Then , we have to do a lot of experiment , and we should discuss the result .
• Group members :• 4D (1, 8, 9, 16, 19)
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