“Muechas”–Design and Construction of An Active Solar Dryer for Biological Materials

Radivoj M. Topić; Nenad Lj. Ćuprić; Milan R. Božović

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“Muechas”–Design and Construction of An Active Solar Dryer for Biological Materials

Radivoj M. Topić, Nenad Lj. Ćuprić, Milan R. Božović

Published in International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications (Volume 1, Issue 2)

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Abstract

This paper presents an original design and construction of a small scale, mobile, universal, ecological, chamber, active, dryer “MUECHAS” for drying medical and aromatic plants and non-timber forest products. The drying process uses only solar energy. The drying agent is a mixture of hot pure air and already used drying agent from the drying chamber exhaust. Pure air is heated in flat plate solar collectors and it is pulled by an electrical fan placed on the top of the drying chamber. The mobility of the collectors and dryer provides optimal utilization of sun energy throughout the day. PV modules, placed on the roof of the dryer, generate all necessary electric power for the fan, the control system and charge a set of accumulators during the day. Experimental results and kinetics of the drying process obtained by the solar dryer prototype are also given.

Published in	International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications (Volume 1, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijmea.20130102.14
Page(s)	49-58
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mobile Solar Dryer, Flat Plate Solar Collector, Drying Chamber, Drying Kinetics

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Radivoj M. Topić, Nenad Lj. Ćuprić, Milan R. Božović. (2013). “Muechas”–Design and Construction of An Active Solar Dryer for Biological Materials. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications, 1(2), 49-58. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijmea.20130102.14

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Radivoj M. Topić, Nenad Lj. Ćuprić, Milan R. Božović. “Muechas”–Design and Construction of An Active Solar Dryer for Biological Materials. Int J Mech Eng Appl. 2013;1(2):49-58. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmea.20130102.14

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