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Sunstoves in the Republic of South Africa

Boiling Point
Front cover of Boiling Point issue 36
Issue 36 (1995) Solar Energy in the Home
ArticleSunstoves in the Republic of South Africa
AuthorDr. T.B. Scheffler


At the Transvaal Provincial Administration's Witvinger Nature Reserve, six different types of solar cookers from various parts of the world were tested under practical conditions, and several types were built. It was found that not a single model could compete with Sunstove for user acceptance. At the Department of Physics of the University of Pretoria we are privileged to be able to further improve the Sunstove - which is already the world's best. Aspects being investigated are aimed at:

  • increasing the thermal performance without increasing the cost.
  • making the unit even more user friendly.
  • making it suited to further applications.
  • developing suitable black pots and other accessories.

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The Sunstove initiative came from Mr Richard C Wareham, Milwaukee, Wl - an American with long-time strong links to South Africa. Since 1992 he has designed and sponsored several models which have been manufactured and marketed The manufacture has been in Springs, RSA. The most thermally efficient solar cooker is probably of the vacuum tube type, which retails at several hundred dollars.

[top] [end]Contents: Boiling Point 36: Solar Energy in the Home

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Parameters for a Solar Cooker Programme - The Sunstove Solar Box Cooker - Sunstoves in the Republic of South Africa - Gaining Ground in Solar Box Cooking in Kenya - Solar Cookers - A Cause Worth Promoting - Free Energy from the Sun - A Solar Box Cooker with a Reflecting Lining - The Solar Puddle - A New Water Pasteurization Technique - Renewable Energy - A World Bank View - ESMAP study points toward village-level management of woodfuel resources in Chad - Burning Charcoal Issues - A Dangerous Trade - Saving Wood by Burning Coal - Haitis Domestic Fuel Project - Coal briquetting and clays for Zambian stoves - Improving the three-stone fire - Comparative tests of solar box cookers - Parabolic Solar Reflector and Heat Storage Cooker - An Affordable Parabolic Solar Cooker

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