Solar Dryer with Thermal Storage Material for Crop Drying Application

The unpredictable rise and frequent scarcity of fossil fuel accelerated the continuous search for an alternative power source. Solar is one of the renewable and sustainable sources of power that attracted a large community of researchers from all over the world. This is largely due to its abundant in both direct and indirect form. So, here we are used ETC type collector for solar drying application which performance is tested at the meteorological condition of Patan, Gujarat. The performance is to be evaluated with and without thermal storage material. Investigated results are compared with OSD (Open sun drying). The good quality of products was gained when using ITSD (Indirect type solar dryer).