The performance of forced convection greenhouse driers

Miguel Condorí and Luis Saravia

Renewable Energy, 1998, vol. 13, issue 4, 453-469

Abstract: An analytical study of the evaporation rate in two types of forced convection greenhouse driers, the single and the double chamber systems, is presented. A performance parameter defined to compare both driers and its dependence on the operational variables is studied introducing the concept of the characteristic function. The drying curve is calculated and a time scale change is introduced to reduce the curves obtained under different operational conditions to a single generalized drying curve. Simulation tests for red pepper are presented showing that the use of a double chamber drier improves the productivity by almost 90%.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00030-5

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