Project Brainstorming Session 1

We saw the trailer for the next season and anticipated that this years theme is around renewable energy and we thought of giving ourselves a head start on project and started brainstorming on ideas.

Today we looked at the video https://youtu.be/nUX9nEIOSrU by Prof Carla Ramsdell and learned different types of solar cooker and their advantages and disadvantages.

Solar Cooker:

Advantages

 

Disadvantages

Everything seems to be instant in this modern-day era and we disdain the thought of having to wait a couple of minutes before we get what we want. We want same-day delivery from merchants. We want to stream movies and TV series the moment they're out. We want our download speeds faster.

  • It needs sunlight so it cannot cook at night
  • Cannot set temperature to a specific number
  • No automatic off switch to stop cooking after specific time or temperature .
  • Temperature does not distribute uniformly.
  • Inconsistent temperature if the sunlight gets obstructed.
  • Moisture gets trapped under glass which may ruin some recipes.
  • Loss of heat due to conduction and convections.
  • It cannot do all types of cooking.
  • Bulky structure and may need some assembly.
  • Some cookers are hard to clean like the cylindrical once.
  • Needs specific type of pots/pan to cook like Cast Iron.

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