Performance of a solar dryer with limited sun tracking capability

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dc.contributor.authorGikuru, Mwithiga
dc.contributor.authorKigo, Stephen Njoroge
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-09T05:38:04Z
dc.date.available2015-07-09T05:38:04Z
dc.date.issued2006-05-31
dc.description.abstractA small solar dryer with limited sun tracking capabilities was designed and tested. The dryer had a mild steel absorber plate and a polyvinyl chloride (pvc) transparent cover and could be adjusted to track the sun in increments of 15°. The performance was tested by adjusting the angle the dryer made with the horizontal either once, three, five or nine times a day when either loaded with coffee beans or under no load conditions. The temperature distribution in the plenum and also the drying rate of parchment coffee were determined. The temperature inside the plenum chamber could reach a maximum of 70.4 °C and the dryer could lower the moisture content of coffee beans from 54.8% to below 13% (w.b.) in 2 days as opposed to the 5–7 days required in sun drying. Tracking the sun though allowing a faster rate of drying did not offer a significant advantage in terms of length of drying duration.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of food engineering vol. 74 (2) pp.247-252en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/148
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectSolar dryeren_US
dc.subjectTrackingen_US
dc.subjectCoffeeen_US
dc.subjectTemperature distributionen_US
dc.subjectDryingen_US
dc.titlePerformance of a solar dryer with limited sun tracking capabilityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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