A Comparative study of commonly used Solar Dryers in India

Authors

  • Garima Tiwari Brahmanand Post Graduate College, the Mall, Kanpur-208004,India Author
  • V. K. Katiyar Brahmanand Post Graduate College, the Mall, Kanpur-208004,India Author
  • Vivek Dwivedi Brahmanand Post Graduate College, the Mall, Kanpur-208004,India Author
  • A. K. Katiyar I.E.T, Sitapur Road Lucknow-226021, India Author
  • C. K. P andey I.E.T, Sitapur Road Lucknow-226021, India Author

Keywords:

Solar energy; crops; solar tunnel; ambient temperature.

Abstract

The global concerns about energy consumption and environmental sustainability raise the aspiration of applying solar energy to agriculture. Therefore, an attempt has been made to study the performance of different kinds of popular solar dryers for plain region, India and compared. For the purpose of comparison, certain criteria and crops have been selected and dryers performance were tested on these criteria. Solar Tunnel dryer and solar hybrid dryer are found to be more suitable as for as drying time and the quality of dried crop is concerned.

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Published

2013-08-31

Issue

Vol.3, No.3 (Jul/Aug 2013)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

A Comparative study of commonly used Solar Dryers in India. (2013). International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, 3(3), 994-999. https://ijcet.evegenis.org/index.php/ijcet/article/view/1187