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(THE GIST OF PIB) Solar DC Cooking System

[October-2021]

CSIR-CMERI, handed over the CSIR-CMERI developed Solar DC Cooking System to the Asansol Braille Academy, West Bengal.

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The CSIR-CMERI developed Solar DC Cooking System is a Solar Energy based Cooking System that consists of solar PV panel, charge controller, battery bank and cooking oven.
The technology provides a Clean Cooking Environment, Invertor-Less Direct Operation, Fast and Uniform Heating and a potential to save 1 ton Carbon Dioxide emissions year/household.
It has 20-25% better efficiency and more Economical in comparison with Conventional Solar based Cooking Systems which loses efficiency owing to AC-DC conversion.
This System will help in the substantial curbing of Carbon Dioxide emissions; as even LPG usage emits Carbon Dioxide.
The Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (also known as CSIR-CMERI Durgapur or CMERI Durgapur) is a public engineering research and development institution in Durgapur, West Bengal. It is a constituent laboratory of the Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).