The fascinating world of solar drying, a sustainable method of preserving fruits, vegetables, and crops using the sun's energy.
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Trapping heat: Explore the use of transparent materials like glass covers to maintain temperature and prevent heat loss, even on cold and windy days.
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Moving heat to the food: Learn about natural convection dryers and forced convection dryers, and how they ensure effective heat transfer to the materials, reducing drying time.
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Direct Solar Drying: Direct solar drying is the more traditional approach, where food or items are exposed directly to sunlight for drying.
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Indirect solar drying takes a different approach by heating the incoming air, which then extracts moisture from the substance to be dried.
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1. Less product contamination with a transparent cover. 2. Protection from rain, dew, and debris. 3. Higher product quality than open sun drying.
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Solar dryers can be utilized for various domestic purposes. Such as textiles, wood, fruit and food processing