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Abstract

Fuel used in cooking is becoming expensive because of the rapidly growing demands for cooking fuel and there is a scarcity of sources of fuel used in cooking. There is an evident imbalance concerning the supply and demand for fuels used in cooking. The improvised solar electric stove was developed and tested to come up with an alternative cooking device. The study aimed to develop an improvised stove utilizing cheaper, locally available materials and solar energy as its source of power. It also aimed to test and compare the performance of the stove to other cooking devices. The study adapted the minimum viable products (MVP) model. The development of the stove involved construction, performance testing, comparison of time of cooking or boiling, current rating, and power consumption. Results revealed that the improvised solar electric stove has lower power consumption compared to the commercial electric stove and has comparable performance to other electric cooking devices in terms of the time of cooking, current rating, and power consumption. It was concluded that the developed improvised stove has comparable performance it is technically feasible to develop utilizing locally available materials and solar energy as its source of power.