期刊名称：International Journal of Energy and Environment
印刷版ISSN：2076-2895
电子版ISSN：2076-2909
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：5
页码：799-808
出版社：International Energy and Environment Foundation (IEEF)
摘要：A laboratory solar dryer with mirror booster was designed and developed for drying Tendu (Diospyros melonoxylon) under the climatic condition (Composite Climate Zone) of Malwa region, Indore (Latitude-22.44 oN, Longitude-75.5 oE) of Madhya Pradesh, India. The Mirror booster solar dryer consist of an integrated collector and drying chamber enclosed. The aluminium drying chamber fitted with one fan operated by a photovoltaic module is placed inside the collector with glazed top, east, west and south wall. The bottom and north wall of the dryer was kept insulated. A door is provided to load and unload material in trays from the north side. The experiment result shows that the drying time reduction of Tendu leaves was nearly 75% in comparison to open sun drying. The maximum and minimum time of drying was found be 18 hours and 12 hours for 15 bundles of tendu leaves.
