[[File:Saracon Solar Cooker side view, 2009.jpg|300px|right]]
[[File:Saracon Solar Cooker side view, 2009.jpg|300px|right]]
[[File:Saracon Solar Cooker, cooking chamber, 2009 .jpg|300px|thumb| The steam heated cooking chamber of the [[Saracon Solar Cooker]].]]
[[File:Saracon Solar Cooker, cooking chamber, 2009 .jpg|300px|thumb| The steam heated cooking chamber of the [[Saracon Solar Cooker]].]]
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The [[Saracon solar cooker]] uses a [[Cylindro-parabolic solar cookers |trough style]], paraboliccollector to produce steam that is directed into an insulated cooking box. The cooker is used to prepare meals for 15 - 30 residents of Auroville, an "experimental" township in the Viluppuram district, in {{state|Tamil Nadu}}, [[India]], near Puducherry in South India.
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The [[Saracon solar cooker]] is a [[Cylindro-parabolic solar cookers |trough style]] solar cooker, whichheats water to the boiling point to create steam.The steam is then directed into an insulated cooking box. The cooker is used to prepare meals for 15 - 30 residents of Auroville, an "experimental" township in the Viluppuram district, in {{state|Tamil Nadu}}, [[India]], near Puducherry in South India.
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==Audio and video==
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Revision as of 18:13, February 21, 2012
The steam heated cooking chamber of the Saracon Solar Cooker.
The Saracon solar cooker is a trough style solar cooker, which heats water to the boiling point to create steam. The steam is then directed into an insulated cooking box. The cooker is used to prepare meals for 15 - 30 residents of Auroville, an "experimental" township in the Viluppuram district, in Tamil Nadu, India, near Puducherry in South India.
Audio and video
April 2009: The solar cooker in operation at Saracon kitchen in Auroville, India
Added by Paul Hedrick