Open AccessElectronic Based Solar Dryer
Author(s) -
P. Kalyan | P. Bhavana | K. Nikhil,
Mane Dipak,
Manoj J Deshmukh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aijr proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 2582-3922
DOI - 10.21467/proceedings.118.29
Subject(s) - agriculture , water activity , dehydration , food processing , environmental science , water content , moisture , shelf life , food science , micronutrient , agricultural engineering , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , biology , engineering , ecology , biochemistry , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry
Drought of fruits and vegetables is a promising food processing technology that increases shelf life of products for almost a year. It is a value of process that can save the losses of seasonal agriculture products. The Solar dryers can be used to carry food dehydration without on electricity. India is most of agriculture-dependent country. Fruits and vegetables are an basically part of human diet providing micronutrients, vitamins, enzymes, and minerals. Most fruits and vegetables it content moisture and water activity. This makes it is vulnerable to bug and other spoilages due to biochemical reactional, such as enzymatic activity, respiration, and senescence. Then, preventive measures are taken to lower water activity; drying or dehydration is we such one method. Drying is a process of mostly used removal of water from the food to in biochemical processes and microbial growth. Drying increases the service life of the product, so that it can be available during off season.