Construction and Performance Analysis of a New Natural Convection Solar Dryer for Drying of Tomatoes and Green Chilies

Mechanical drying of farming items is a vitality expending activity in the post-gathering innovation. More prominent accentuation is given to utilizing sun powered vitality sources in this procedure because of the significant expenses and deficiencies of non-renewable energy sources. Therefore, an a...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2021-04, Vol.1116 (1), p.12078
Main Author: Sharma, Avdhesh Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air masses
Appropriate technology
Drying
Free convection
Peppers
Renewable energy sources
Sun
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Summary:Mechanical drying of farming items is a vitality expending activity in the post-gathering innovation. More prominent accentuation is given to utilizing sun powered vitality sources in this procedure because of the significant expenses and deficiencies of non-renewable energy sources. Therefore, an appropriate technology for drying of agricultural products has been developed and its performance of drying of tomatoes and green chilies was evaluated. A new solar dryer working on natural convection was developed. The point of this investigation is to assess dryer execution under natural convection methods of drying. In natural convection, air mass stream pace of 0.04849 kg/s was acquired. Heated sir stream reached on average drying temperature of 50.5°C in characteristic convection. The outcome acquired from natural convection methods of drying were likewise contrasted with open sun drying. The shading, flavor and time required for drying is good in solar drying when contrasted with sun drying.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/1116/1/012078