Title :
Design and installation of a solar-gas tunnel dryer: Comparative experimental study of two scenarios of drying
Author :
Oueslati, Hatem ; Ben Mabrouk, Salah ; Marni, Abhiram
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Energy & ThermalProcess, Centre for Res. & Technol. of Energy, Hammam-Life, Tunisia
Abstract :
A tunnel dryer using different sources of energy (solar, gas, electric) has been conceived to dry wet agricultural products. First object we will enjoy the use of solar energy provided by solar air panels for drying a wet agricultural product, then the adding of an auxiliary heating system allows the use of the dryer in unfavorable weather conditions. In this paper we have made a comparative study of two scenarios of drying: solar drying and hybrid drying with the characterization of the dried product that are tomatoes.
Keywords :
agricultural products; drying; solar cells; solar heating; solar power; energy sources; hybrid drying; solar air panels; solar drying; solar energy; solar gas tunnel dryer installation; wet agricultural product; Agricultural products; Mathematical model; Moisture; Solar heating; Solar radiation; Temperature measurement; drying rate; hybrid dryer; moisture content; solar dryer; temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Renewable Energy Congress (IREC), 2014 5th International
Conference_Location :
Hammamet
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2196-6
DOI :
10.1109/IREC.2014.6826970
