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Innovative on-farm solar dryer for paddy

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Title Innovative on-farm solar dryer for paddy
 
Creator Abhinav Dubey
P.K. Sharma
 
Subject Solar drying
Paddy
air inflated
 
Description Food grains are generally harvested at moisture content of 18-25% (wb) whereas safe storage of cereals occurs at nearly 13-14% (wb) and pulses at 7-8% (wb). Thus excess moisture in harvested grains needs to be removed in short time. A Solar powered air inflated grain dryer was developed at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi with inflatable drying chamber. The drying chamber was made up of UV stabilized top transparent sheet and bottom thick polythene sheet. A solar operated DC Axial fan (dia. 40 cm) was used for blowing unit. The moisture reduction time of 22-14% in 100 kg of paddy (PB 1121) was found to be 7.5-9 hours. The total cost of the dryer was Rs. 10850. Thus the Solar powered air inflated grain dryer is a low cost portable dryer which is manufactured using easily available materials and can eliminate all the disadvantages occurring in the sun drying.
 
Publisher Annals of Agricultural Research
 
Date 2023-12-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/AAR/article/view/127486
 
Source Annals of Agricultural Research; Vol. 40 No. 1 (2019): Annals of Agricultural Research; 77-82
0970-3179
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/AAR/article/view/127486/47746