%T New Frontier in Cooking Technology - 'Cooking Green'
%D 2010
%K Insulation, Carbon Neutrality, Wealth
creation, Energy needs, Environment, Waste and
Cooking time, Emission, Money
%A S.T. Wara
%A F. W. Ngubi
%A I. R. IIaboya
%A H. K. Njoya
%A U. C. Okwuonu
%A Collins Sarah
%A Burnett Scott
%X 
An insulating carbon neutrality bag has been designed,
tested and commissioned for green cooking. This has
provided an eco - solution that has reduced the amount
of energy needed for cooking, save money, reduce
emission rate, create employment for the youths/
women and allows for waste to wealth conversion. The
Okada Wonder Bag (OWB) was designed, fabricated,
and the performance of the bag was critically
evaluated using different food stuffs (Beans, Rice,
Yam, plantain, Maize, beef, goat meat and Skin/beef
('special kpomo' from the head of a cow) to ascertain
the reliability of the bag. Results obtained show a high
degree of reliability/correlation as the bag displayed
maximum performance in terms of heat conservation
and cooking efficiency. Performance characteristics
also reveal that the bag with expanded polystyrene
insulation was better than that with wood shavings as
insulating material. Also, an attempt was made using
cooking gas as a case in point to show how much
gas/money can be saved and emission reduction by the
application ofthe insulation cooking technique and the
results were encouraging
%L eprints5243
%J The Nigerian Engineer official Magazine of the Society of Engineers