Design of Forced Convection Solar Dryer and Solar Collector for Products of Agriculture
Abstract
In this modern
developing world preservation of fruits and vegetable needed optimal
post-harvest technologies so as to take care of their storage stability and
extend shelf life. Drying may be a one among the water removal process from
foodstuffs, used for preservation and storage purposes. Drying was also found
faster in forced convection solar dryer. There are alternatives, but drying is
best method for food preservation because it increases the storage life. Thanks
to higher prices and shortages of fuels and to scale back consumption utilized
in the drying process; more importance is given to solar energy sources because
it's freely available. During this project work, a Forced convection solar
dryer is designed and developed to review the performance of solar collector
and dryer. Suction fan is employed at exhaust and runs on solar panel. It is
wont to draw air and make sure the forced convection of air inside the dryer.
This is often a price effective and economical alternative to the traditional
drying procedures and also saving the running cost of traditional dryers. Color
retention in forced solar dried powder found better in comparison to natural
convection solar dryer.
Country : India
1 Pitta Sankara Rao
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Malla Reddy College of Engineering for Women, Hyderabad -500100, Telangana, India
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