The product :
It is a solar drier for drying fruits and vegetables made up of a glazed plane of 1.8m2 and a drying enclosure of 0.5 m3. The air heated by the collector is pumped in the drying room by fans powered by a PV panel of low power.
Circulation device:
Consists of two fans of 0.16A powered by a 10 Wc PV panel. The device operates with sun and does not require a temperature control.
Applications :
This type of dryer has the advantage of drying products and protecting them from bad weather, insects and UV radiation. Consequently, dried products are of very high quality because their nutrient composition is not altered or modified. Temperatures usually used for drying the products are:
- Fruits and vegetables: 45˚C-60˚C
- Meat : 60˚C-65˚C
- Fish : 60˚C-65˚C
- Herbs : 30˚C-41˚C
- Rice and grains : 45˚C
Advantages :
- Mobility and simplicity of the device
- Dried products of very high-quality (temperatures lower than 60˚C) (no overheating of the products to be dried)
- The product is protected from bad weather and pollutants.
- The product is dried far from the insects.
- The product is protected from the UV radiation (degradation).
- System using a free, renewable energy and does not release smoke.
- Quiet system.
- System with drying temperature self-regulation.
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