DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A POSTHARVEST HEAT STORAGE SOLAR ENERGY CROP DRYER
ABSTRACT The present study designed, constructed and undertook the performance evaluation of a post harvest passive solar crop dryer for drying agricultural produce. The solar crop dryer consists of a solar collector with dimensions 110 x 61 x 10cm, a drying chamber measuring 102 x54cm, a movable heat storage unit with the dimensions 40 x 35 x 13cm and drying trays each having an area of 1806cm2. The performance evaluation ...
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