Se describen las características de un secador solar pasivo, tipo invernadero, que se utiliza para el secado de plantas para la salud en la zona norte de Costa Rica. Se analiza el régimen de temperaturas en función de la ...

This paper presents a passive solar dryer that includes a chimney and a wind turbine to improve the airflow rate. The prototype of 2m2 of drying chamber area was tested to obtain charqui (dried beef). In relation to the ...

The present work dealt with a low cost solar dryer made for food dehydration. The objective was to study and analyze the technical characteristics, as well as to demonstrate the viability of its use in drying the chosen ...

This titling project aims to design and construction of a mixed solar dryer for yellow hard corn by an indirect solar panel heat, which generates thermal energy in a collector and this is transferred to grain by air flowing ...

The thermal and drying efficiency of three operating configurations for a hybrid solar-gas dryer were calculated in transitory state. The hybrid dryer, comprising a solar collector, auxiliary LPG (liquid propane gas) ...