DESIGN OF SOLAR DRYER FOR RICE AT KARJAT, RAIGAD, MAHARASHTRA (20150287)
Authors :
PROF. SUMIT S. DHARMARAO
, MANOJ B. BHOIR
, AKSHAY M. BHOSALE, SUSHIL S. ZANJE
Abstracts : This paper deals with current practices of drying
agricultural products in most of developing nations
like India. It also try to coin the concept of utilization
of Solar dryer at farm side. In a developing country like
India, having the second largest population and
agriculture as the source of income to nearly 60 % of
the total population, post-harvest and storage loss is a
major quandary, which needs to be addressed in due
diligence. Many food preservation techniques like cold
storage, drying, etc., have been evolved out over the
years to tackle the above losses. The major constraint
is that almost all the technologies are utilizing fossil
fuel resources, which are depleting very fast and wise
use of these precious resources are preferred for longterm
energy sustainability. Therefore, sustainable
methods for food preservation are the need of the
hour. Solar drying is one of the best choices in this
context. The effect of temperature to moisture
contents against time and rate of drying are studied &
discussed in this paper.
Pages : 98-103
Downloads : 115
Publication Date : 2017-04-25
Modified Date : 2018-01-17
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PROF. SUMIT S. DHARMARAO ,
MANOJ B. BHOIR ,
AKSHAY M. BHOSALE, SUSHIL S. ZANJE ,
"DESIGN OF SOLAR DRYER FOR RICE AT KARJAT, RAIGAD, MAHARASHTRA", JournalNX - A Multidisciplinary Peer Reviewed Journal, Volume 3 Issue 4, ISSN : 2581-4230, Page No. 98-103