As LPG prices hot up, here is smart solar cooker
NIT Kozikode has developed a single cooker and also a double cooker and it’s powered using a 150 W solar panel
Thiruvananthapuram: Against the backdrop of rising LPG prices, the Department of Electrical Engineering of the NIT, Kozhikode, has developed a new technology to tap solar energy to power a Smart Solar cooker.
S Ashok, professor of the department who is also the mentor of the project, said the product has been developed based on the idea of his deputy VA Karthikeyan who is in charge of the Industrial Power Group of the department.
The entire idea is his and it is going to be a boon to the housewives, small wayside eateries and not to mention of those who travel into the forests and areas where cooking becomes a challenge, said Ashok.
He went on to say that they have developed a single cooker and also a double cooker and it's powered using a 150 W solar panel.
"The solar panel comes in two forms, one is permanent one and the other is one which can be rolled and taken anywhere." This can be used in three ways.
