INTELLIGENT OVEN TEMPERATURE REGULATOR
CHUKWUEDOZIE N. EZEMA *
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
OKECHI ONUOHA
Projects Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu State, Nigeria
NWANYINNAYA NWOGU
Projects Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu State, Nigeria
ALBERT C. AGULANNA
Projects Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu State, Nigeria
UZOIGWE U. VICTOR
Projects Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu State, Nigeria
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The goal of this research is to construct a system that will automatically regulate temperature inside the oven and the duration of heating a particular thing. The system regulates and compares the ambient temperature with a preset temperature when the oven is turned on. It measures how long the oven has been on and compares it with the preset time and show the status of the oven at any given time. This research will be very useful for domestic, commercial and industrial use. The software interface which handles the oven preset operations was fully operational and executes perfectly after series of debugging. The system will make the task of cooking and pottery easy. The users of such system do not necessarily have to watch over the meals they are cooking, they can easily be cooking and going about their other businesses. This can be done by setting a particular temperature at which a particular meal is expected to cook. The performance and efficiency was beyond expectation and from every ramification, the design of the Microcontroller Based Time Aware Oven Temperature System was a success. The entire system is cost effective and will go a long way if adopted into the electronics markets and is fully implemented and equipped with other features. The enhanced features incorporated in the new design enjoy higher performance efficiency when compared with conventional ovens in the market.
Keywords: Temperature regulation, conventional oven, fan assisted oven, fan forced oven, multifunction oven, microwave oven