Solar cookers are devices that allow cooking by using free solar energy. However, they can’t
operate during cloudy periods or at night. A hybrid cooker (solar-biomass) is an alternative that
uses an endogenous and renewable energy source for ecological and economical cooking. In this
work, the performances of a hybrid cooker (solar-biomass) are evaluated. The experimental
results obtained indicate that the absorber plate reached a maximum temperature of 121.60 °C.
Moreover, the maximum power of the cooker was 78.47 W with an efficiency of 29 % in solar
mode and 28.4% in biomass mode. The first and second figures of merit parameters performed are
0.1043 and 0.2732 respectively. The results obtained are conclusive in both solar and biomass
mode.
Hybrid cooker, Solar energy, Biomass, Local materials