Experimental Investigation of Active Solar Dryer for Drying of Chili

Yuttachai Keawsuntia

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.953-954.16

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Experimental Investigation of Active Solar Dryer for Drying of Chili

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This research paper presents the experimental results of drying of chili by using the active solar dryer and sun drying because of chili is a commercial agricultural product of Thailand. The active solar dryer consisted of a solar collector, a drying chamber and a chimney. The small fans were installed in the solar collector of active solar dryer to provide the air flow circulated in the solar collector and a drying chamber. Drying of chili of 20 kg from moisture content 84 percent wet basis to 10 percent wet basis following the Thai Agricultural Standard (TAS 3001-2010) showed that the use of the active solar dryer to make the drying time reduced about 28.7 percent compared with sun drying because of the hot air temperature inside the drying chamber higher than the ambient temperature about 10 to 15 . The quality of dried chili from the active solar dryer better than dried chili from sun drying.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 953-954)

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June 2014

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Yuttachai Keawsuntia*

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Active Solar Dryer, Chili Drying, Solar Dryer

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