Solar powered multi-purpose charcoal stove

In developing economies of the world, cooking had traditionally been done using firewood as fuel, regardless of its associated health implications such as respiratory and heart diseases, lung cancer and eye irritations. Despite these difficulties, wood fuel had remained popular even amongst developed nations. In Nigeria, the use of wood fuel still thrives well in our rural communities for large families, groups during parties etc., because of ack of access to modern cooking fuels. Nevertheless, though charcoal fuel might not offer the same level of convenience as gas or other cooking fuels, its smoke flavour stands out above all others. The dry, white-hot heat of charcoal sears found quickly, creating a crusty, caramelized exterior and smoky flavour when used for grilling meat for example. In this project, we aim at designing and producing an ozone friendly solar powered charcoal cooking stove capable of producing a regulated heat output, that, when extended, can melt low specific heat metals such as aluminum and copper.