Vol. 1 (3) : May-June 2010 issue
Green Farming Vol. 1 (3) : 323-325 (May-June, 2010) (New Series)
Studies on portable farm solar dryer for drying gooseberry candy
A.K. KAMBLEa1*, S.R. GADGEb2 and REKHA K. SAHAREc3
aDepartment of Farm Power & Machinery, bDepartment of Unconventional Energy Sources & Electrical Engg.,
cComputer Science and Engineering, Tirupati Tantra Niketan, Keshav Nagar , Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University, Post - Krishi Nagar, Akola – 444 104 (M.S.)
Designation : 1Assistant Professor, 2Head, 3Lecturer (TTN)
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
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A. K. KAMBLE, S.R. GADGE and REKHA K. SAHARE. 2010. Studies on portable farm solar dryer for drying gooseberry candy. Green Farming Vol. 1 (3) : 323-325 ; May-June, 2010 (New Series)
ABSTRACT
A low cost portable farm solar dryer was evaluated for drying goose berry candy in the conditions of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra State. Temperature profile at top, middle and bottom in its seven trays loaded with candy was studied with respect to ambient temperature during the course of drying and maximum solar radiation of 1120 W/m2 was observed at 11.30 to 12 h. The solar radiation was varied from 720 - 500W/m2 at 9.00 h to 16.00 h. The conventional drying method took 8 days to dry the product and solar drying method took 3 days only. The product recovery was 71.55 per cent as compare to 35 per cent in conventional drying method.
Key words :
Dryer efficiency, Farm solar dryer, Gooseberry candy, Solar radiation.
