André Guimarães Ferreira; Cristiana Brasil Maia; Márcio Fonte Boa Cortez; Ramón Molina Valle · 10.1016/j.solener.2007.08.002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2007.08.002
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Technical feasibility assessment of a solar chimney for food drying Andre Guimaraes Ferreira; Cristiana Brasil Maia; Marcio Fonte Boa Cortez; Ramon Molina Valle A prototype solar chimney was built and monitored to test whether it could work as a dryer for agricultural produce, tracking airflow speed, temperature and humidity against incoming sunlight. Over the year it heated air by about 13 °C above ambient and moved roughly 1.4 kg/s, enough to dry around 440 kg of food, confirming the concept is technically viable.
Drying
Experimental
2007
Solar Energy
no
2007-09-08 12:00:00 00003965
technical feasibility assessment of a solar chimney for food drying
2007
Solar Energy
André Guimarães Ferreira; Cristiana Brasil Maia; Márcio Fonte Boa Cortez; Ramón Molina Valle
10.1016/j.solener.2007.08.002
Summary
A prototype solar chimney was built and monitored to test whether it could work as a dryer for agricultural produce, tracking airflow speed, temperature and humidity against incoming sunlight. Over the year it heated air by about 13 °C above ambient and moved roughly 1.4 kg/s, enough to dry around 440 kg of food, confirming the concept is technically viable.
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