ADOPTION SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY OF SOLAR COOKERS IN INDIGENOUS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES OF MICHOACAN

 

M. González-Avilés, L.B., López-Sosa, H. Servín-Campuzano, D. González-Pérez

 

 

This paper presents a project of technology adoption, initially with the development of three prototypes of solar cookers; of our own design. The main characteristic of these cookers is the use of revolution-type Compound Parabolic Concentrators (CPC). The implementation and monitoring were conducted in an indigenous community Santa Fe de la Laguna, Municipio de Quiroga, of Michoacán, Mexico. Standardized solar cooking tests were carried out with three to select the best thermic and ergonomic properties. Prior to implementation, the team conducted a survey of available forest resources, organized training workshops, and drafted a user’s manual for construction and maintenance of the cooker in the indigenous language (Purépecha) and Spanish. The objectives of using this solar cooker are to reduce consumption of firewood, the fuel generally used in food preparation, by up to 30%, promote the use of renewable energy sources (RES), mitigate respiratory diseases caused by inhalation of woodsmoke and contribute to economic savings in the households that. Currently it working with monitoring, here the first results of the quantification of the consumption-appropriation process   achieved are presented.