Renewable Energy Development Center

Abstract:
Given the price of energy, the drying is also very expensive. Reduce those costs necessary to consider more energy-efficient solutions and developing efficient solar drying systems by implementing simple techniques. The use of absorbent surfaces (selective or anti-radiating) protected by a sealed glass slide lets the solar radiation and provides law temperatures of 150-200°C by the simple effect of greenhouse, without concentration.

Objectives:
The main objectives of this project are presented as follows:

• contribution to the development of a procedure for preprocessing the products studied for optimal drying and good quality
• Development of techniques for reliable measurement of physical parameters
• Proposal of a prototype (solar dryer) to the semi-pilot scale.

Date:
2014

Period:
03 years

Team leader(*):
BOULEMTAFES Amel

E-Mail (*):
a.boulemtafes[a]cder.dz

Members:
EL-MOKRETAR Sofiane (AR), BENOUDA Noureddine (CR), BOUHDJAR Amor (DR), SEMAI Hakim (AR).

Key words:
Solar energy, solar dryers, Drying kinetics, Heat transfer, Mass transfer, Optimisation, Insulation, Storage

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