Research Article

Performance of a Pebble Bed Thermal Storage Integrated with Concentrating Parabolic Solar Collector for Cooking

Table 4

Dimensions and values required during water boiling simulation [18].

ParametersSymbolsValuesUnit

Diameter of pan0.273[m]
Length of pan0.17[m]
Specific heat capacity of water4180[J/kgK]
Stefan Boltzmann constant5.67 × 10−8[W/m2K4]
Emissivity of steel pan0.4[−]
Thermal resistance of pan0.865W/K