DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR DRIER

FOR POST HARVEST TREATMENT OF CEREALS

By,

Sumit S. Dharmarao

From,

Bramhadevdada Mane Institute of Technology, SolapurAvishkar 25th-26th Dec.2014

Food waste refers to food that is of good quality and fit

for human consumption but that does not get consumed

because it is discarded either before or after it spoils. OR

edible parts of plants and animals that are produced or

harvested for human consumption but that are not

ultimately consumed by people.

Solar Energy Availability

Local Solar Geometry and Local Solar Data

Selection of Material

Available solar energy at India & at Solapur

Relation between temperature & Moisture Content

Conclusions:-Solar drier is closed safer & more hygienic way to dry

cereals

We can reach 65o C with help of solar drier which

eliminates need of electricity

It accelerates Drying process which takes only 50%

time to dry when compared with Sun drying

It greatly reduces On farm losses which boosts the

income of farmers

Local design of Solar drier results in more efficient

equipment as compare to Standard equipments available

in market.

Abstract:-Food & Energy:- Energy can be defined as

ability to perform work. We depends upon Food for Energy.

Every Nation has its own plan for its storage and

distribution.

India is 2nd highest population and country with 24%

population below poverty which contributes worlds 33%.

According to NGO ‘BHOOK’ every single night 20crore of

Indians sleeps without food.

NEED Although in many parts of India certain crops can beproduced at certain period of year, major part of theproduce such as cereals & other crops are seasonal. Foodproduced in one harvest period lasts only for few weeks.Which must be stored for gradual consumption until nextharvest and seeds must be held for next season crops.Also the market value of any crop tends to rise during offseason. Therefore it is important to minimize losses andprepare the food for long lasting storage. The variousrequirement of processing of cereals as it covers largerpart of diet, for proper storage includes needs study ofvarious properties of grains of cereal. This study showsthat proper drying is required for longer storageperiods, the solar dryer development details are presentedin this poster

Last few years 19,40,502 MT food cereals are wasted

in India - A RTI Report.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

Nations (FAO) estimates that 32 percent of all food

produced in the world was lost or wasted in 2009