Development of a Solar Dryer for Mushroom Preservation in Rainy Season
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Drying mushroom, dryer efficiency, moisture content, solar energy, thermal analysis.Abstract
:- Using solar energy to dry agricultural products is a very cost-effective method, particularly for medium-to-small quantities of products. Drying crops, agricultural products, and foodstuffs including fruits, vegetables, wood, aromatic herbs, etc. is still done at home and on modest commercial scales, greatly boosting the economies of small farming communities and farms. The present work provides solutions to M/S Kamesh Mushroom world, Jabalpur, a mushroom producing unit having monthly production of 100000 KG. in rainy season since sale is not good and production is high, mushroom being a perishable product they were facing problem of storage. For this problem a mushroom dryer is developed, able to operate in rainy and cold season, exhaust fans operate able with PV panel, equipped with evacuated-tube collector. The outcomes are then experimentally tested for weight loss V/S total weight- time- temperature- moisture etc
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