A comprehensive review of solar cooker with sensible and latent heat storage materials

Solar energy is available freely and does not create any pollution to the environment. Hence, researchers from all around the world are always working on solar energy applications with enhancement technologies. The solar cooker is one of the largest solar energy application, which is used to cook the food. However, because the solar energy is available only during the daytime, it is not widely used for industry as well as household application. To store the heat during the day, energy storage materials are used. Hence, this study presents a review of sensible and latent heat storage materials used to store the heat during daytime and use for other than daytime hours.