EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SOLAR FLAT PLATE COLLECTOR FOR DRYING CHILLIES
Author’s Name : M.S.Heaven Dani | S.Maharajan |S.Praveen |S.Ramesh |A.Saravanan
Volume 03 Issue 01 Year 2016 ISSN No: 2349-3860 Page no: 20-23
Abstract:
This research includes the design and manufacture of indirect forced convection solar dryer and its performance test on Chillies under the metrological conditions of Chennai, India. Solar dryer consists of Solar Collector and Drying Chamber section with three trays. The drying test was conducted with the blower of blowing capacity 2.5m3/min. The maximum air temperature achieved in the dryer was 〖72〗^0 c.The dryer was loaded with 100grams of chillies having an initial moisture content of 75% and the final desired moisture content of 14% was achieved within 7hours.This prototype dryer was designed and constructed to have a maximum collector area of 0.07m2 .This solar dryer have been used in experimental drying tests under various loading conditions.
Keywords:
Solar dryer; Chillies drying;Indirect forced convection; Drying Chamber
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