Oven
A furnace is an enclosure or a masonry unit, equipped with a system of heating power, which transforms heat, products and objects. In the kitchen, it can cook food. In a production process object, the oven allows the processing of objects by the heat : pottery , ceramics , glass , metals ...
A solar oven is an open system for heating or cooking using the solar energy.
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Operation
The principle of operation of the furnace is simple: the object to be treated is enclosed for submission to its internal heat. This heat comes from a heat source notes to the inner walls of the oven. The heat inside the oven can be distributed by forced circulation of air by convection naturally by thermal conduction or radiation ( infrared , microwave ).
The source of energy to provide heat of the oven can be:
- a fuel ( wood , natural gas ...);
- the electricity in resistance ;
- of microwave , with electricity;
- the radiant sun ( solar cooker ).
Oven Cooking
The oven has gradually become a household equipment increasingly widespread that is used inside the house for the family kitchen. Types of furnace are the most common gas oven and electric oven.
Traditionally, some furnaces are devoted to a specific use, such as baking bread (examples: Tannour and tandoor ) or the pizza.
Solar Cooker
Appeared in the '70s, solar cooking is to prepare dishes using a cooker or a solar oven. Small solar cookers allow cooking temperatures in the range of 150 C, solar dishes can make the same dishes that cook conventional gas or electric.
Pottery Kilns
Pottery kilns have a different conception of the other ovens. They may be primitive kilns (ovens buried by example), wood stoves , or electric furnaces or gas.
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Bibliography
For kilns of potters in central Europe see
- Andreas Heeg, Tpferfen - Pottery Kiln - pottery kilns. Die Erforschung frhmittelalterlicher neuzeitlicher Tpferfen bis (6.-20. Jh.) In Belgien, den Niederlanden, Deutschland, sterreich und der Schweiz. Basler Hefte zur Archologie 4. Basel 2007 (2008).
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