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Hybrid Solar Dryer with Biomass Integration

A mixed mode hybrid solar dryer with biomass integration has been designed, constructed and evaluated. The usage of solar heating for drying application is suffering from non-continuous availability of the solar radiation especially during the cloudy days and at night. This project is aiming to c...

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Main Author:	Md Yunus, Yusheila
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2008
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7220/1/2008%20-%20High%20tensile%20strength%20concrete.pdf http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7220/
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spelling	my-utp-utpedia.72202017-01-25T09:44:56Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7220/ Hybrid Solar Dryer with Biomass Integration Md Yunus, Yusheila TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery A mixed mode hybrid solar dryer with biomass integration has been designed, constructed and evaluated. The usage of solar heating for drying application is suffering from non-continuous availability of the solar radiation especially during the cloudy days and at night. This project is aiming to carry out experimental investigation of a solar dryer performance using solar as main input and biomass burner as auxiliary source of energy to compensate the solar radiation. Several design criteria has been applied to the hybrid solar dryer and the biomass burner so that it can be used to dry for various types of materials. The major components of the fabricated dryer in this work are biomass burner (with a combination of 2 fixtures), solar collector and drying chamber (with a conventional solar chimney). The dryer was fabricated using simple materials, tools and skills, and was tested in three modes of operation (solar drying moae, biomass drying mode and combiner drying mode) by drying 200g of empty fruit bunch (EFB) on each of the 5 trays. Results show that the combination of hybrid solar with biomass dryer is the most effective way for drying process. The moisture content reduction is nearly 50% within 2 hours. Thus, the objectives the project to validate the used of biomass backup heater has been achieved. Further improvements to the system design are suggested. Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2008-07 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7220/1/2008%20-%20High%20tensile%20strength%20concrete.pdf Md Yunus, Yusheila (2008) Hybrid Solar Dryer with Biomass Integration. Universiti Teknologi Petronas. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Md Yunus, Yusheila Hybrid Solar Dryer with Biomass Integration
description	A mixed mode hybrid solar dryer with biomass integration has been designed, constructed and evaluated. The usage of solar heating for drying application is suffering from non-continuous availability of the solar radiation especially during the cloudy days and at night. This project is aiming to carry out experimental investigation of a solar dryer performance using solar as main input and biomass burner as auxiliary source of energy to compensate the solar radiation. Several design criteria has been applied to the hybrid solar dryer and the biomass burner so that it can be used to dry for various types of materials. The major components of the fabricated dryer in this work are biomass burner (with a combination of 2 fixtures), solar collector and drying chamber (with a conventional solar chimney). The dryer was fabricated using simple materials, tools and skills, and was tested in three modes of operation (solar drying moae, biomass drying mode and combiner drying mode) by drying 200g of empty fruit bunch (EFB) on each of the 5 trays. Results show that the combination of hybrid solar with biomass dryer is the most effective way for drying process. The moisture content reduction is nearly 50% within 2 hours. Thus, the objectives the project to validate the used of biomass backup heater has been achieved. Further improvements to the system design are suggested.
format	Final Year Project
author	Md Yunus, Yusheila
author_facet	Md Yunus, Yusheila
author_sort	Md Yunus, Yusheila
title	Hybrid Solar Dryer with Biomass Integration
title_short	Hybrid Solar Dryer with Biomass Integration
title_full	Hybrid Solar Dryer with Biomass Integration
title_fullStr	Hybrid Solar Dryer with Biomass Integration
title_full_unstemmed	Hybrid Solar Dryer with Biomass Integration
title_sort	hybrid solar dryer with biomass integration
publisher	Universiti Teknologi Petronas
publishDate	2008
url	http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7220/1/2008%20-%20High%20tensile%20strength%20concrete.pdf http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7220/
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