Experimental Studies on a Solar Drier System with a Biomass Back-up Heater

被引：12

作者：

Lokeswaran, S. ^{[1
]}

Eswaramoorthy, M. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Inst Technol, Ctr Energy & Environm Sci & Technol, Tiruchirappalli 620015, Tamil Nadu, India

[2] Natl Inst Technol, Dept Mech Engn, Tiruchirappalli 620015, Tamil Nadu, India

来源：

ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS | 2013年 / 35卷 / 05期

关键词：

biomass heater; coconut; flue gas duct; green house drier; thermal efficiency;

D O I：

10.1080/15567036.2010.511434

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

This article presents the experimental studies on a natural convection solar drier integrated with a biomass back-up heater. Experiments have been conducted to test the drying performance of coconut under (1) a solar green house dryer integrated with a biomass back-up heater, (2) a biomass heater, (3) a solar green house dryer, and (4) open sun drying. It is found that to reduce the moisture content from 53.4 to 9.2% for drying coconut requires 26 h in a combined solar green house dryer coupled with a biomass back-up heater, 30 h in a biomass heater mode, 44 h in a solar green house dryer, and 88 h in open sun drying. Drying efficiency of the solar drier was estimated to be about 19%.

引用

页码：467 / 475

页数：9

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