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Sc [PHYSICS]
2009-2010
KARMAVEER
RAYAT SHIKSHAN SANSTHA`S
CERTIFICATE
Department of Physics
This is to certify that Mr.Narendra.Ramesh.Jadhav has satisfactorily carried out the Project named SOLAR DRYER according to syllabus of PUNE UNIVERSITY prescribed for the T.Y.B.Sc. Course in the year 2009-2010.
Date:
Teacher In Charge
Head
(Department of physics)
Examiner
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
With the deep sense of regard and being thankful for, I take this opportunity of expressing my gratitude and sincere thanks Dr. R.S. Nimbalkar (H.O.D. of Physics) for encouraging me and providing well guidance and supervision during the entire period of my project work. Most respectively I am thankful to respected professors staff Prof. Dr.R.S.Nimbalkar, Prof. M.A.Patil & Miss Ashwini Narkhede for their co-operation and excellent guidance during the entire period of my project. I am special thankful to them as they have given their valuable time for my project. My special thanks to Miss.Nirmala Pawar and our college lab assistance of physics department Mr.Dasia (kaka) for their kind support & co-operation during course of my project.
(NARENDRA.R.JADHAV)
T.Y.B.Sc (PHYSICS)
INDEX
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO SOLAR ENERGY TYPES OF SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR RADIATIONS ADVANTAGES ENERGY APPLICATION OF SOLAR ENERGY BASIC THEORY OF SOLAR DRYER NEED OF SOLAR DRYER MOISTURE CONTENTS TYPES OF SOLAR DRYER CABINET SOLAR DRYER COMPONENTS USED IN SOLAR DRYER PRINCIPLE & CONSTRUCTION OF SOLAR DRYER WORKING OF SOLAR DRYER ADVANTAGE & DISADVANTAGES OF CABINET SOLAR DRYER LIMITATIONS OF CABNET OF SOLAR DRYER THERMAL ANALYSIS OF CABNET SOLAR DRYER REFERENCES BOOKS 25 26 27 12 13 13 14 19 21 22 23 23 24 & DISADVANTAGES OF SOLAR PAGE NO. 05 07 08 11
( 1 ) CONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF ENERGY :Conventional sources are those which we have may using since past. The conventional sources generally include wood , coal , petrol and gas. But due to use of this sources lot of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases are evolved which is major cause of air pollution. The production of oil have appeared to have touched maximum around 1980 and is now slowly declining on the other hand the production of natural gas is increasing present indication that most of the reserves will fall on coal it is likely that production of coal will touch a maximum between the year 2030 and 2060 eventually entire storage of coal will be completely exhausted.
( 2 ) NON CONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF ENERGY : This type of energy sources are very important in todays life due to the above reason they generally include solar energy , wind and tidal energy the above sources of energy of some of the internal sources of energy and are called non-conventional sources of energy. Out of these three solar energy would be the best alternative because 1. Wind does not flow continuously 2. The waves are not constant
SOLAR RADIATION
All substances , solids , liquids and gases at temperature above absolute zero, emit energy in the form of electromagnetic waves, this energy is called Radiation . The radiation which are important to us, is that from the sun, the earth and the atmosphere lying within the ultraviolet , visible and infrared spectral region.
SUN
EARTH
D= 1.36 109m
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SUN-EARTH RELATIONSHIP
The earth is shaped as a spheroid. The earth takes rotation about its axis every 24 hours and completes a revolution about the sun in a period of approximately 365.25 days. The earth revolves an elliptical orbit round the sun, with the later at one of the foci of the ellipse. The apparent path of the sun from the earth is known as the elliptic. The distance between the sun and the earth varies by 1.7% at a distance of one astronomical unit, 1.495 1011 m , the mean earth sun distance, the sun sustain an angle of 32 on earth. The solar constant ( Isc ) is defined as the total energy received from the sun per unit time, on a surface of unit area kept perpendicular to the radiation in space, just outside the earths atmospheric when the earth is at its mean distance from the sun.
Solar radiation
scattered radiation
Solar radiation receives at the earths surface without change of direction i.e. in the line with the sun is called beam or direction radiation. Solar radiation has been changed by reflection and scattering by the atmosphere is called as diffuse radiation. Solar radiation received at earths surface which depends on absorption and scattering as it passes through the earths atmosphere. Absorption occurs primarily because of presence of ozone and water vapour in the atmosphere and particular matter. On the other hand scattering occur due to all gaseous molecules and as well as particulate matter in the atmosphere. The scattered radiation is redistributed in all directions, some going back into space and some reaching the earths surface. The intensity of the diffused radiation seen by an observer on a clear day is not isotropic but varies as function of latitude ,time of the year, time of the day, atmosphere contents and other factor.
DISADVANTAGES:
( 1 ) Solar energy is very dilute source of energy. ( 2 ) Solar energy is not available during night time. ( 3 ) It is useless in rainy season.
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1. Heating of building. 2. Cooling of building. 3. Solar drying of agriculture product. 4. Food refrigeration . 5. In direction source of solar energy conversion i.e. in the form of wind energy. The heat from solar energy can be used for heating buildings. When the building needs heat, the air or water from its heating system passes through the storage is warm and is then fed through the conventional heater to another space. For sunless or cloudy days an auxiliary system as a back-up is always required. The heat from solar energy can be used to cool buildings , using the absorption cooling principle. A great deal of current research is being devoted to developing system requiring lower operating temperatures. A traditional and wide-special use of solar energy is for drying the agricultural products. These are special interest in the case of soft fruits ; these are attacked by insects as the sugar concentration increases during drying. Fruit dryer in which fruit is placed , in carefully designed rack to provide control exposure to solar radiation often improves product quality and saves considerable time. Large drying system like grain, paddy, maize like ginner, cash rapper etc. have been developed. Solar refrigeration is intended for food preservation and deserves top priority in our country. Solar air-conditioning can be utilized for space-cooling. Solar refrigeration provides an effective solution in sub-tropical areas of our country. Solar refrigeration with an absorption system is a better way to direct utilization of energy. Wind energy which is an indirect source of energy conversion can be utilize to run windmills, which in turn drives a generator power , such as for water pumping. In India, generally wind speeds obtainable are in the lower range. Therefore, on the development of low cost speed mills for providing water in rural areas. In India high wind speed are obtainable in coastal areas Saurashtra, Rajasthan and some parts of central India. In these areas, development of large size wind mills for generating electricity.
to eat now and this number is likely to increase with the increase in population. There are obviously two direct ways of solving the problem. (1) (2) Increase food production by bringing mare area under cultivation, better irrigation and by using newer and mechanized methods of agricultures practices. Reduce the food demand by reducing the population growth.
The third alternative which is equally important but not given adequate attention is reducing the loss of food during and after harvest. The actual estimate of food loss during post harvest period, due to spillage, contamination, attack by birds, rodents and insects and during storage is difficult to know due to technical and practical reason but it is so enormous that most conservative estimates were enough in 1975 to result in a resolution by the seventh special session of United Nations General Assembly to seek 50% reduction in post harvest food losses within a decade. A very conservative estimate showed that a minimum of 17 million tones of food were lost in 1976 out of 750 million tones produced including durable and perishable. In developing countries where cold storage facilities are not adequately available, post harvest losses between 30-50 % in perishable are reported. This food loss can be reducing in developing countries if in rural areas and efficient policy and administrative infrastructure. The post harvest losses very considerable and depend on crop variety, climate, the system of harvesting, processing, storage, marketing and the social and cultural setting. The developing countries produce about 15% of the world crop. Many commercial crop like tea, coffee, coca, tobacco, nuts etc. are grown only in developing countries. Crops like Wheat, paddy, potatoes, barley etc. contribute about 40% of the worlds harvest about 36% of the vegetables and 50% of the food of the world are produced in developing countries. Fish is another food product whose estimate is not available but it is produced in large quantities in developing countries even if the 50 % of the post harvest food losses are reduced then many developing countries will be selfsufficient in food.
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independent company, but still conducts all its research and manufacture in conjunction with Rose, gum, timbers at their east. Solar dryer are used in different product drying purpose, 1. China dryer Chinese professional manufacturers of dryer. 2. Solar dryer called Hohenheimer tunnel dryer developed by German company. 3. In India mostly found in Bangalore.
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compaction and temperature is measured. The electrical resistance varies with moisture contents, temperature and degree of compaction and temperature is measured. The electrical resistance varies with moisture contents, temperature and degree of compaction by properly calibrating the instrument, the moisture contents can be measured. The universal moisture contents of the grain directly. When a solid is exposed to a continuous supply of air at constant temperature and humidity, having a fixed partial pressure of the vapour, the solid will either lose moisture by evaporation or grain moisture from the air until the vapour pressure of the moisture of the solid equal P, the solid and the gas are then in equilibrium with the surrounding condition is known as equilibrium moisture content EMC. The EMC is useful to determine whether the product will gain or lose moisture under a given set of temperature and relative humidity condition. Thus humidity is directly related to drying and storage different material have different equilibrium moisture contents. The EMC is dependant upon the temperature and the relative humidity of the environment and on the variety & maturity of the grain. The EMC is determine by two method (1) The static method and (2) The dynamic method. In static method, the grain is allowed to come to equilibrium with the surrounding still air without any agitation whereas in dynamic method the air is generally forced. The EMC is to be determined under constant relative humidity and temperature condition of air.
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Equilibrium moisture level 1.0 Relative Humidity of air RH Unbound moisture Bound moisture Free moisture equm moisture m0 m
MOISTURE IN THE DRYING MATERIAL The above relations are shown in fig.( 1 ) for solid of the moisture content M exposed to air of relative humidity RH. A typical drying curve is shown in fig.( 3 ) clearly shows that there are two major periods of drying, namely the constant rate period and the falling rate period.
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Moisture Content M
Constant rate drying phase First falling rate Drying rate dM/dt equm moisture level
time t
The plots of the moisture contents versus drying time or drying rate versus drying time or drying rate versus moisture contents are known as drying curves. Fig.(2), Fig.(3)
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Ms
Moisture contents
A cure is plotted between drying rate dM / dt versus moisture content M as shown in the fig.(4). As seen from this figure for both hygroscopic and non-hygroscopic material, there is a constant drying rate terminating at the critical moisture contents followed by falling drying rate. The constant drying rate for both non-hygroscopic and hygroscopic material is the same while the period of falling rate is little different. For non-hygroscopic material in the period of falling rate, the drying rate goes on the decreasing till the moisture contents becomes zero. In the hygroscopic materials, the periods of falling rate is similar unit the unbound moisture is completely removed, then it further decreases and some bound moisture is removed, this is continuous till the vapour pressure of material becomes equal to the vapour pressure of the drying air. When this equilibrium reaches in the drying rate becomes zero. The constant drying rate is referred as adiabatic drying since the total heat content of the air remains constant and depends on external factor such as air flow rate, thermodynamic state and transport properties of the air, and the state of aggregation of material. Under dynamic equilibrium conditions, rate of the water evaporated is equal to the rate of heat transfer to the surface.
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Constant rate period : Some crops including cereal grains at high moisture constant are dried under a constant rate period at the initial period of drying. Falling rate periods follows subsequently. When is dried under constant rate period. When its moisture contents exceeds 72 % . In the constant rate period the rate of evaporation under any given set of air conditions is independent of the solid and is essentially same as the rate of evaporation from a free liquid surface under the same condition. Falling rate period : Cereal grains are usually dried entirely under falling rate period. The falling rate period enters after the constant drying rate period and corresponds to the drying cycle where all surface is no longer wetted and the wetted surface continuingly decreases, until at the end of this period the surface is dried. The cause of falling off in the rate of drying is due to the inability of the moisture to be conveyed from the center of the body to the surface at the rate comparable with the moisture evaporation from its surface to the surrounding. The falling rate period is characterized by increasing temperature both at the surface and within the solid. Furthermore, changes in air velocity have a much smaller effect than during the constant rate period. The falling rate period of drying is controlled largely by the product and is dependent on the movement of the moisture within the material from the center to the surface by liquid diffusion and the removable of the moisture from the surface of the product. The falling rate period of drying often can be divided into two stages, ( 1 ) Unsaturated surface drying. ( 2 ) Drying where the rate of the water diffusion within the product is show and is the controlling factor. Practically all central grains are dried under falling rate period if the moisture content is not very high. The liquid movement may be due to, (a) Moisture concentration difference. (b) Surfaces forces. (c) Moisture diffusion in pores. (d) Differences in the vapour pressure. (e) Differences in the temperature. (f) Differences in the total pressure.
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( 3 ) Forced circulation type dryer : As the name implies, in these dryer some kind of blower is used for the circulation of air which is either operated electrically or mechanically. Such dryer are more efficient, faster and can be used for drying large quantities of agricultural products. These forced circulation type dryer are also categorized as direct mode, forced mode, circulation type solar dryer. The direct mode forced circulation dryer are similar to the indirect type natural circulation dryer except that here circulation of air is made by forced circulation and therefore are not very efficient and not preferred. While incident type or forced circulation dryer are very efficient can be used at low as well as high temperature and for drying large quantities of agricultural products. This dryer are of bin type, tunnel type, belt type, column type or rotary type. A forced circulation dryer which uses some kind of thermal storage unit, heat recovery wheel and auxiliary heating arrangement is described here. The storage is charged when the solar radiation is at the peak or when the drying is not required. Storage unit is put in series with the solar collector.
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DISADVANTAGES : (a) (b) (c) (d) It requires more space. During night time it cannot be used. It can not be used in winter season. It is more expensive to plot in areas.
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Due to its small capacity its use is limited to small scale application. Discolourization of crops due to direct exposure to solar radiation. Moisture condensations inside glass cover reducing its transitivity. Sometime insufficient rise in cop temperature affecting moisture removable.
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REFERENCE BOOKS
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BY G.D.RAI
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BY G.N.TIWARI
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SOLAR ENERGY
BY H.P.GERGE
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