Download EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments..............................................................................................................i
List of table ......................................................................................................................vi
List of figure ..................................................................................................................... v
Abstract .........................................................................................................................viii
Chapter 1 .......................................................................................................................... 1
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVE OF THE THESIS 1
1.2 LITERATURE REVIEW 4
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH
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1.4 THESIS DIRECTION
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Chapter 2 .......................................................................................................................... 7
Theory of Solar Dryer ...................................................................................................... 7
2.1 DRYING MECHANISM 7
2.2 AIR PROPERTIES
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2.3 TYPES OF SOLAR DRYERS
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2.3.1 Natural Convection Solar Dryers.................................................................... 13
2.3.2 Indirect Type Solar Dryers .............................................................................. 15
2.4 KEY ELEMENTS OF SOLAR DRYER 18
2.4.1 Solar Collector ................................................................................................ 18
2.5 DRYING EFFICIENCIES 22
2.5.1 System Drying Efficiency ................................................................................. 23
Chapter 3 ........................................................................................................................ 29
Experimental Setup and Instrumentation..................................................................... 29
3.1 DRYER SETUP 29
3.3 INSTRUMENTS 31
3.3.1 Data Logger .................................................................................................... 32
3.3.2 AMB Moisture Balance (AMB 50, AMB 110 and AMB 310) ........................... 43
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