Design and Development of a

Solar Dryer with Monitoring System

using Load Cell.
INTRODUCTION
 Drying is an important form of food preservation that is often carried out at farm
level right after harvest, or especially with highly perishable crops, at peak
harvest time when local markets are saturated. Drying vegetables, fruits and
meat with thermal energy enables longer storage times and easier
transportation.

 Today both fruits and vegetables can be blanched and dried to preserve it for
future use. Food items retain its natural taste and goodness when it is dried in
the sun for a specific period of time.
Statement of the problem

 Create a dryer that can prevent over drying

process of certain goods.
 Can a dryer helps lessen the hassle in monitoring
of the goods to be dried.
 Can a dryer reduce the contamination in the
drying process
Objective of the Study

 To design and innovate solar dryer that can help

in preventing over or under drying of the goods.
 To be able to minimize the hassle of monitoring
in drying.
 To be able to lessen the contamination on the
dried goods.
Review of Related Literature
Direct - fired drying (solar box
dryer)
Indirect drying (solar cabinet dryer)
(Hybrid solar/biomass cabinet
dryer)
automated cocoa drying house
METHODOLOGY
Materials and Tools
The Light Dependent Resistor (LDR)
Humdity and Temperature Detector
Arduino Uno
Twinwall polycarbonate sheet
Tinplate sheet
Software Tools
Programming Language
Prototype design