Performance Evaluation Of Small Scale Force Convention Of Cocoa Bean Solar Dryer
ABSTRACT
Drying of cocoa bean using forced convention of solar dryer
was studied with the objectives to evaluate the performance of the small scale
solar dryer, moisture content and total drying time. Cocoa was brought from
Akwa-lbom and was cracked. The seed was licked and then was weighed, before
taking it inside the solar dryer in order to carried out the evaluation and
performance of the dryer. The average temperature obtained for inlet and outlet
temperature of the drying chamber were 36.9 and 34.0°C. The average solar
radiation collector were obtained 153.9W/M2in the collector area and average
humidity of the drying chamber was 64%. It took 5 days sunshine hour to dry the
cocoa bean seed. The dryer was constructed with air inlet and outlet regulator
automatically controlled by sensitive sensors primed by solar cell. The cocoa
bean seed samples dried with the dryer are found to be of highly quality in
appearance and acceptable for human consumption as well free contaminations
then the open sun drying.
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C, AMAH. "Performance Evaluation Of Small Scale Force Convention Of Cocoa Bean Solar Dryer" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2021). Accessed 22 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/performance-evaluation-of-small-scale-force-convention-of-cocoa-bean-solar-dryer-7-2