Title
Drying rate of three types of solar dryers in golden berry (Physalis peruviana L.)
Other title
Velocidad de secado en tres tipos de secadores solares del aguaymanto (Physalis peruviana L.)
Date Issued
01 June 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
EDERSON PABLO CAMARGO LEONARDO
TORRES EGUAVIL, TONY
Hernández J.R.M.
Flores M.Q.
Publisher(s)
Universidad de Tarapaca
Abstract
In this research, the objective was to determine the drying rate of aguaymanto (Physalis Peruviana L.) in three different solar dryers. To accomplish this aim three prototypes were designed and built direct, indirect, and mixed dryer. The drying process went through solar radiation and natural hot air convection generated by solar collectors. During rehearsals, weather conditions were recorded: average wind speed of 1.11 m/s, the relative air humidity (RH) ranged from 16% to 52%, and the minimum and maximum ambient temperature were 14.7 ºC (287.8 K) and 26.4 ºC (299.5 K). The initial moisture (bs) was 4.53 and the final moisture of 0.07; 0.12 and 0.10 (kg water/kg dry solid), respectively. Drying rates reached values: 0.0287; 0.0208 and 0.0407 (kg water/hour·m2). Drying time: 41 h for direct type, 56 h for indirect 56 h, and 29 h mixed. Solar drying is a viable, natural, economical, and easy alternative to use for food de-hydration.
Start page
248
End page
254
Volume
28
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85090632916
Source
Ingeniare
ISSN of the container
0718-3291
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus