Investigating Heat Sink Properties for an Efficient Construction of Energy Generating Cook Stove for Rural Settlers

Abstract

This article describes how the actualization of clean-burning, efficient cook stoves had been achieved. However, the research on energy generating cook-stoves is far from resolved. The construction of the energy generating cook-stove depends mainly on the heat sink and thermoelectric converter. In this article, the material properties of the heat sink were advanced. Due to the drive for waste-to-wealth initiative, the authors chose four samples of heat sinks from an electronic waste dumpsite. An energy generating cook-stove was constructed and further experimentation was carried out to determine the slew rate, heat flow rate, power, voltage and temperature of each heat sink. Beyond the accomplishment of the experimentation, it was observed that the collapse or growth of the limiting boundaries formed by the constituents of steel determines the microstructural tendencies, mechanical properties, and alloy chemistry of the heat sink. Based on the objective of turning waste-to-wealth, only one sample was recommended for future research.