A Profound Approach Towards Rural Empowerment with the Aid of Solar Drying Technology

Autor: Rajmati Mahaveer Patil, Nilprabha N. Yadav, M. Kaif R. Bagsiraj, Avesahemad S. N. Husainy, Asiya S. Pendhari
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Techno-Societal 2020 ISBN: 9783030699246
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-69925-3_80
Popis: In recent years it is growing need to think about development of rural areas by creating the source of income to villagers with the use of simple and user-friendly technology which reduces their losses and creating way to do business as well as employment for villagers. In this paper attempt has been given on reducing post harvesting losses and developing solar dryer as approach to increase the income in rural area. In the given work different type of drying techniques are studied and found the research gap with consideration of objective and design the solar dryer to overcome all the lacunas found. The experimentation had done at Yadrav (Maharashtra) which has latitude 16.7140° N and longitude 74.4882° E in the month of May and June. The research mechanism is designed for 30 kg capacity for fruits and vegetables. The innovations make dryer fully renewable, user-friendly with well-maintained drying condition which gives perfectly dried product suitable for international markets. The main innovations are of desiccant bed and recirculation pipe in this experiment removes moisture. Also efficiency increases and drying time decreases. Maximum efficiency occur 36.64% and product dried in 30 days for minimum mass flow rate of 0.01484 kg/s.
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