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INTRODUCTION TO THE TRACKING SOLAR OVEN also known as The Nichols Cooker
This modified box cooker has been labeled high tech, because of its ability to follow the sun under its own power. The design described is not that of a portable oven. Materials used are durable and meant for many years of outdoors use.
The main features are: - Pedestal mounted where the oven is at counter height. - Fixed tilt such that the collector does not have to be adjusted for the time of year. - Uses both mirrors and flat plate collector to concentrate the sun's heat into the cooking chamber. - Natural air movement increases convection cooking and warms the cooking tray. - Rotation about a fixed vertical axis allows tracking of the sun during the day by manual or automatic means. - Capable of heavy food load.
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