Embryonated-Duck Egg (Balut) Incubator Utilizing Geothermal Surface Manifestation in Negros Oriental

Abstract

Direct utilization of geothermal energy from surface manifestations is gaining popularity and significant growth in recent years. Among the most common uses of low temperature resources are drying, greenhouse heating, and aquaculture. Most of these projects aim to answer the community’s need for a much favorable technology in terms of efficiency, power consumption and economic considerations . The design and fabrication of an embryonated duck egg (balut) incubator that utilizes the heat from geothermal surface manifestation would be a big contribution to the local balut industry of the province of Negros Oriental. This incubator directly uses the geothermal source at Bulak, Dauin, Negros Oriental to incubate duck eggs into a balut, an exotic delicacy common in the Philippines. The use of this incubator, with some initial considerations, have the same efficiency as the existing electric-powered incubators but with significantly much lower maintenance cost having zero electric power consumption, that would eventually transform to economic gain.