1.2 m. The solar tunnel dryer is a polyhouse dryer suitable for drying of most of the food crops. It consists of a tunnel type semi-cylindrical drying chamber provided with windows to allow the ambient air to enter the dryer. An exhaust fan is provided to evacuate the moist air from the dryer. A sliding door is also provided to facilitate easy
A review on thermal analysis of hybrid greenhouse solar dryer (HGSD) Pushpendra Singh M. Gaur. Environmental Science, Engineering. Journal of Thermal Engineering. 2022. The objective of the paper is to present the modifications done in hybrid greenhouse solar dryers to make them more efficient.To tackle this issue, Raheja came up with a low-cost solar dryer. The machine costs US$200 and enables farmers to dehydrate their agricultural products and conserve them for a minimum of six months, while preserving nutrients, colour and taste. Clementine O’Connor, Programme Officer, Sustainable Food Systems at the UN Environment Programme Onion was dried from an initial moisture content of about 85% to 15% in solar tunnel dryer within 11 hours while by open sun drying it required 18 hours also temperature achieved inside the dryer
28 Figue:(3.1): view of solar cabinet dryer,(3.2): trey arrangement of solar dryer (3.3): front view of solar dryer 3.2 Mathematical models and formulations 3.2.1 Operation of the Dryer The dryer is a passive system in the sense that it has no moving parts. It is energized by the sun‘s rays entering through the collector glazing.
The advantages of solar tunnel dryers over sun drying is that they give faster drying rates by heating the air to 10-30°C above ambient which causes air to move faster inside the dryer (Rossello .