Study The Effect Of Reflector On Solar Dryer Performance

Mohd Rahimin, Nazirul Mubin (2021) Study The Effect Of Reflector On Solar Dryer Performance. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Solar drying is one of the methods to remove water or moisture content by evaporate food products to be dried using solar radiation. The performance of the solar dryer depends on solar radiation. This study aims to analyse the effect of a reflector on solar dryer performance. The solar dryer's performance was carried out by recorded the temperature inside the solar dryer, which is drying chamber, and solar collector. The ambient temperature is also recorded at the fan's inlet that flows the air through the solar collector to the drying chamber. The solar radiation is recorded using a pyranometer to identify the three experiments' weather conditions. Solar radiation is the main factor of the temperature rise or drop inside the drying chamber. The sun's ray light is reflected to the solar dryer side that does not expose to the sunlight. The reflector's angle identified because it is important to reflect the sun ray to the solar dryer. The temperature rise 6°C for solar dryer with 20-degree of reflector and 4°C for solar dryer with 0-degree of reflector compare to the solar dryer without reflector. The solar radiation recorded between three experiments is the same, which is 839.16W/m2. Based on the result of the experiment, it can be concluded that solar dryer with reflector is more effective as compare to the solar dryer without a reflector, and the suitable angle is 20-degree of reflect

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