Open AccessStudy on quality of red chilli powder dried by indirect solar dryer
Author(s) -
N D M Romauli,
Al Qadry,
H V Sihombing,
Himsar Ambarita
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1542/1/012055
Subject(s) - water content , solar dryer , moisture , food science , horticulture , materials science , chemistry , composite material , biology , engineering , geotechnical engineering
This study aims to assess effectiveness of indirect solar dryer for drying red chilli. The quality parameters were moisture content and colour (L*,a*,b*) values. The results showed the maximum temperature on sunny hours of the day within drying box varied from 52.4°C to 62.6 °C on 3 days drying period with lower final moisture content and better colour of dried chilli powder using Indirect solar drying than dried in the open sun.