Open AccessDevelopment a Solar Dryer for low income group Farmers for sub cooled region
Author(s) -
Ashutosh Ameta,
Mohammad Inayat Pinjara,
Alok Kumar Dudhera,
Harveer Singh Pali
Publication year - 2021
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 - 10.1088/1742-6596/2062/1/012026
Subject(s) - solar dryer , environmental science , solar energy , work (physics) , environmental engineering , agriculture , agricultural engineering , process engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , geography , electrical engineering , archaeology
Solar dryer is a device that use solar energy to dry substances, especially food and agriculture product. Drying is one of the indispensable techniques for large-scale food preservation. There are already various types of solar dryer available but need a better performing solar dryer which can perform better in low sunshine hours and also in off sunshine hours. In present work combination of trapezoidal and tunnel type structured solar dryer developed for experimental trials. It showed better efficiency and effectiveness in compared to the existing solar dryers with respect to previous design available so far. After the experiments, it is found that maximum temperature rise was recorded 76°C however ambient temperature was 24 °C. At same time % reduction in weight was highly appreciable after three to four hour drying. Results of drying rates up to 50% after three hour drying. So present solar dryer is economical and potential solution to preserve the vegetables and crops to improve income of formers.