Low cost natural convection solar dryer for drying durian tree wood

Low cost natural convection solar dryer for drying durian tree wood

The study is about developing and evaluating the performance of natural convection mode of solar dryer by the application of indirect solar energy to dry a durian tree wood. The main idea for the study is to come with the alternative replacement of the old method of open sun drying system with the o...

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Main Author: Ngah Nasaruddin, Afiqah
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Published: 2017
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Low cost natural convection solar dryer for drying durian tree wood
description The study is about developing and evaluating the performance of natural convection mode of solar dryer by the application of indirect solar energy to dry a durian tree wood. The main idea for the study is to come with the alternative replacement of the old method of open sun drying system with the one that offer low capital cost, less time required for drying, secured and more efficient in term of performance. Previously researcher has identified several parameter that affect the performance of the solar dryer mainly based on the design, load, absorber, chimney and location of the study that affect weather condition. Apart from that, from the evaluation of performance of the solar dryer show that it is capable for the solar air collector to reach efficiency of 4.72 when the average temperature of C is recorded based on the calculation. While, the time required for a thin layer of durian tree wood to dry using open sun drying is approximately four hours compared to only 2 hours and 20 minute when using designated solar dryer. Result for the simulation of solar dryer using both ANSYS and TRNSYS software is showing that the expected temperature for the ideal condition of solar dryer while the economical analysis on solar dryer gave the payback period of 22 days and ROI of 41.6 %. The validation of the result is made by comparing the maximum, minimum and the average temperature obtain from simulation using software and the experiment which proves that the experimental results are being verified despite a small reasonable difference.
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qualification_name Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
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author Ngah Nasaruddin, Afiqah
author_facet Ngah Nasaruddin, Afiqah
author_sort Ngah Nasaruddin, Afiqah
title Low cost natural convection solar dryer for drying durian tree wood
title_short Low cost natural convection solar dryer for drying durian tree wood
title_full Low cost natural convection solar dryer for drying durian tree wood
title_fullStr Low cost natural convection solar dryer for drying durian tree wood
title_full_unstemmed Low cost natural convection solar dryer for drying durian tree wood
title_sort low cost natural convection solar dryer for drying durian tree wood
granting_institution Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
granting_department Faculty Of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/20526/1/Low%20Cost%20Natural%20Convection%20Solar%20Dryer%20For%20Drying%20Durian%20Tree%20Wood.pdf
http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/20526/2/Low%20cost%20natural%20convection%20solar%20dryer%20for%20drying%20durian%20tree%20wood.pdf
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spelling my-utem-ep.205262022-06-08T12:01:31Z Low cost natural convection solar dryer for drying durian tree wood 2017 Ngah Nasaruddin, Afiqah T Technology (General) TP Chemical technology The study is about developing and evaluating the performance of natural convection mode of solar dryer by the application of indirect solar energy to dry a durian tree wood. The main idea for the study is to come with the alternative replacement of the old method of open sun drying system with the one that offer low capital cost, less time required for drying, secured and more efficient in term of performance. Previously researcher has identified several parameter that affect the performance of the solar dryer mainly based on the design, load, absorber, chimney and location of the study that affect weather condition. Apart from that, from the evaluation of performance of the solar dryer show that it is capable for the solar air collector to reach efficiency of 4.72 when the average temperature of C is recorded based on the calculation. While, the time required for a thin layer of durian tree wood to dry using open sun drying is approximately four hours compared to only 2 hours and 20 minute when using designated solar dryer. Result for the simulation of solar dryer using both ANSYS and TRNSYS software is showing that the expected temperature for the ideal condition of solar dryer while the economical analysis on solar dryer gave the payback period of 22 days and ROI of 41.6 %. The validation of the result is made by comparing the maximum, minimum and the average temperature obtain from simulation using software and the experiment which proves that the experimental results are being verified despite a small reasonable difference. 2017 Thesis http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/20526/ http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/20526/1/Low%20Cost%20Natural%20Convection%20Solar%20Dryer%20For%20Drying%20Durian%20Tree%20Wood.pdf text en public http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/20526/2/Low%20cost%20natural%20convection%20solar%20dryer%20for%20drying%20durian%20tree%20wood.pdf text en validuser https://plh.utem.edu.my/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=105996 mphil masters Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Faculty Of Mechanical Engineering Ab Razak, Juhari 1. Ahmad M.J. and Tiwari G.N., 2009. Optimization of Tilt Angle for Solar Collector to Receive Maximum Radiation. The Open Renewable Energy Journal. Vol.2. pp. 19-24. 2. 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