SOLAR DRYER

Hello connection hope you are all well, this weekend i have discussed about Solar dryer. It is installed in the National Institute of solar Energy, Gurgaon. There it is tested & developed under Bikrant sir, i am really glad & thankful to him for his guidance and allow me in the test-bed. Introduction – Drying is an important part of food preservation especially with highly perishable crops, at peak harvest time when local markets are saturated. Also drying vegetables, fruits and meat with thermal energy enables storage times and easier transportation. Although solar dryer has many useful application other than agriculture sector. Here we briefly discuss about overall the basic technology and its operation. Solar dryer require a certain investment for the set up but no expenditures for the fuel. The basic function of a solar dryer is to flow heat air with a constant temperature by the solar energy. It facilitates extraction of humidity from crops inside a drying chamb...