Solar Cooker Workgroup Sliedrecht NL

The work group "Solar Cookers Sliedrecht" provides free advice about producing and introducing the Dierkx type box cooker.

During its starting period the work group produced over 150 cookers in order to prove that cooking by sunrays would be possible. Since that time lots of experiments have been done and several projects with the cooker are going on now. During this process an enormous amount of knowledge has been acquired. Apart from the Parabole Cooker and the Cookit the work group thinks cooking by sunrays with the Dierkx type Box Cooker (with its slanting window) the best way in most cases.

The services provided by the work group: ~ giving advice whether introduction is possible in a certain area; ~ providing drawings and advice about the various materials; ~ providing a folding device to make inner boxes; ~ providing a cooker for experimenting; ~ providing money for a project introducing the solar cooker;

News and recent developments

• July 2007: In partnership with Dutch organization Solar Cooker Workgroup Sliedrecht NL, Solar Serve (SLS) has developed a new solar box cooker for use in Vietnam. The previous SLS solar box cooker is made from wood, which is increasing difficult to purchase in Vietnam. The new cooker is made from aluminum sheets that are shaped using two molds, one for the inner box and one for the outer box.

Two molds are used for the inner and outer box of the new solar box cooker

• March 2006: Mr. Vazja Racvieshvili spent a week in the Netherlands with Workgroup Solar Cooker Workgroup Sliedrecht NL (WSCS) learning to construct an expanded Dierx-type solar box cooker. The cooker — dubbed the BC.122 — is 122 centimeters wide, making economical use of plywood sheets of the same width. During summer tests, the cooker reached temperatures of 175°C. With tools and funds from WSCS, Mr. Racvieshvili will set up a small workshop in his village of Gurdzhaani. He believes that solar cookers can help reduce the cost of living in Georgia, a country with high unemployment.

Contact

Arie De Ruiter
Solar Cooker Workgroup Sliedrecht NL
Rivierdijk 665
3362JB Sliedrecht
Netherlands

Tel.: +31 184417764
Mobile: +31 611496525

E-mail: solarcooker@kliksafe.nl

Web site: http://www.solarcooker.nl/ (English)