Manuscript Number : IJSRSET16237

Performance Evaluation of Solar Tunnel Dryer for Drying Red Chilli using Taguchi L27 Orthogonal Array

Authors(3) :-Y. M. Jibhakate, Dr. A. C. Waghmare, Dr. S. K. Choudhary

The Solar Tunnel Dryer can provide the best alternative method to dry red chillies in less time. The performance of the solar tunnel dryer depends on various parameters such as ambient temperature, solar radiation intensity, wind velocity, relative humidity, temperature of air inside the solar tunnel dryer etc. The experimentations are carried out at Umrer in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. In this work Solar Tunnel Dryer (STD) performance is investigated by varying different process parameters, which includes absorber material (ABM), polyethene cover thickness (CT), air flow velocity over drying bed (AFV) and drying layer thickness (DLT). Three different levels of each parameter are chosen to form different combinations of experiments using Taguchi L27 orthogonal array with three interactions in between ABM×CT, ABM×AFV, and ABM×DLT. Total 27 experiments are designed and fabricated for drying 5 kg of red chilli. The initial moisture content of red chilli is 80% which is reduced to 5%. The efficiency, total moisture removed and drying time of individual STD are investigated. Considerable reduction in drying time and better quality of dried products are observed as compared to open sun drying.

Authors and Affiliations

Y. M. Jibhakate
Department of Mechanical Engineering, KITS, Ramtek, India
Dr. A. C. Waghmare
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Umrer College of Engineering, Umrer, India
Dr. S. K. Choudhary
Department of Mechanical Engineering, KDK College of Engineering, Nagpur, India

Solar Tunnel Dryer, Moisture Content, Dryer Efficiency, Taguchi Orthogonal Array.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 3 | May-June 2016
Date of Publication : 2016-06-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 373-377
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET16237
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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Y. M. Jibhakate, Dr. A. C. Waghmare, Dr. S. K. Choudhary, " Performance Evaluation of Solar Tunnel Dryer for Drying Red Chilli using Taguchi L27 Orthogonal Array , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp.373-377, May-June-2016.
Journal URL : http://ijsrset.com/IJSRSET16237

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