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العنوان
A comparative study on using heated forced air and solar energy for drying onions /
المؤلف
Abou El-Hana, Nabiha Hassan.
الموضوع
Agricultural mechanization. Onions - cultivation.
تاريخ النشر
1998.
عدد الصفحات
221 p. :
اللغة
الإنجليزية
الدرجة
الدكتوراه
التخصص
الهندسة الزراعية وعلوم المحاصيل
مكان الإجازة
جامعة كفر الشيخ - كلية الزراعة -
الفهرس
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Abstract

The present study was conducted to explain the following points :1-Methods of drying a-sun drying.b-drying by mechnical dryrs.2-Using of solar energy for drying processes as follows :a-the air flow rate effect on drying rate.b-the effect of increasing load on floor of the green houses.c-the effect of rings thickness on the drying rate.3-The artificial drying by using forced heated air from yhe following points :a-rate of drying curve.b-effect of temperature upon the rate of drying.c-consumption of energy.d-effect of airflow rate upon the rate of drying.e-effect of increasing load on trays.f-effect of airflow direction.4- Economic considerations from the following points:a-straight line deprecation.b- the fixed precentage of the present value.c-some studies on cost analysis for useful use of solar energy for Egyptian crops.