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Solar Drying—A Sustainable Way of Food Processing

Authors : M. A. Aravindh, A. Sreekumar

Published in: Energy Sustainability Through Green Energy

Publisher: Springer India

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Abstract

In a developing country like India, having the second largest population and agriculture as the source of income to nearly 60 % of the total population, post-harvest and storage loss is a major quandary, which needs to be addressed in due diligence. Many food preservation techniques like cold storage, drying, etc., have been evolved out over the years to tackle the above losses. The major constraint is that almost all the technologies are utilizing fossil fuel resources, which are depleting very fast and wise use of these precious resources are preferred for long-term energy sustainability. Therefore, sustainable methods for food preservation are the need of the hour. Solar drying is one of the best choices in this context. Different models of solar dryers have been developed and good quantum of research is progressing in most of the countries to propagate the solar drying technology for value addition of agriculture products. The solar drying technology is a classical example to showcase how sun’s free energy could be effectively utilized for the benefit of mankind. This chapter explains the different types of dryers, different aspects of solar drying, parameters involved in the drying process and the economic analysis to analyse the feasibility of the solar drying system. Case studies of a few of the successful installations are also included.

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Metadata
Title
Solar Drying—A Sustainable Way of Food Processing
Authors
M. A. Aravindh
A. Sreekumar
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Springer India
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2337-5_2