Efficient & Affordable Medium-Size Concentrated Solar Power Device for Low Cost Clean Cooking

集中式太阳能发电(CSP)可以从太阳产生大量热量，用于做饭、洗衣服、烘干农作物，这可以极大地为偏远/离网地区的发展中国家的低收入家庭提供服务。然而，CSP设备不像其他可再生能源(风能和水力发电)生产设备那样节能。因此，该项目的目的是建立节能和负担得起的集中式太阳能(CSP)设备，用于在印度使用女厨师和女企业家的低成本无烟午餐烹饪、小型自助餐厅、食堂和小贩方面的潜在应用。我们项目的目标将是1.建造一种基于CSP的小型节能和低成本烹饪设备，并开展一项小型的Md-day餐饮烹饪可行性研究2.与专门的学校以及与印度当地学校和小型食堂、餐馆合作的女工人/厨师/企业家接触，以改善妇女和社会弱势群体获得可再生能源的机会。

The Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) can generate a large amount of heat from the sun for cooking, laundry, crop drying which can greatly serve low-income families in developing countries in the remote/off-grid locations. However, the CSP devices are not as energy efficient as other renewable energy (wind and hydroelectric) producing devices. Hence, the aim of this project is to build energy-efficient and affordable Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) device for potential applications in low cost, smoke-free cooking for mid-day meals for school children, a small cafeteria, canteens and vendors using women cooks and women entrepreneurs in India. The objectives of our project will be to 1. Build a small energy-efficient and low-cost CSP based cooking device and carry out a small feasibility study for md-day meal cooking 2. Engage with dedicated schools as well as women workers/cooks/entrepreneurs who work with local schools and small canteens, restaurants in India to improve renewable energy access to women and socially underprivileged populations.