Seasonal Nutritional Food Security to Indian Women through Community-level Implementation of Domestic Solar Conduction Dryer

Nagwekar, N.; Tidke, V.; Thorat, Bhaskar N.

doi:10.1080/03670244.2020.1752686

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“…However, it has several disadvantages, including the inability to manage the pace of drying, insect infestation, and microbiological contamination. Natural sun drying has many disadvantages, and replacing them with artificial or solar drying can considerably minimise these disadvantages and the losses produced by natural sun drying [16]. Even though sun drying is lowcost and needs minimal knowledge, it has many limitations, including moisture loss and a drying pace that is typically slow [17].…”

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Design and Fabrication of Solar Dryer System for Food Preservation of Vegetables or Fruit

Kumar

Singh

et al. 2022

Journal of Food Quality

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Food preservation has been practised in many parts of the world for thousands of years, and it applies to a wide range of foods, including fruits, vegetables, cereals, and meat. Food preservation techniques are canning, freezing, pickling, curing (smoking or salting), and drying. Food spoilage caused by moisture is caused by the growth of mould, yeast, bacteria, and enzymes in the food. The drying process removes enough moisture from food to significantly reduce the humidity level’s likelihood of these adverse outcomes. The material's content measures how much moisture is present in that substance. The moisture content of fresh food can range from 20 to 90 percent depending on the type of food consumed. There will be no signs of moisture in food that has been thoroughly dried before being chopped. We used the experimental analysis in this study to create a mathematical model that could be used to determine which parameter was most important in the design of a solar dryer. In the future, the model is expected to be a helpful design tool for estimating the short- and long-term performance of a solar dryer under load and overload scenarios. The simulation of a solar dryer system has been performed under conditions such as the gap between the glass and the absorber plate, and the impact of hole size. The optimal hole size and spacing between the glass and the absorber plate are determined.

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Design and Fabrication of Solar Dryer System for Food Preservation of Vegetables or Fruit

Kumar

Singh

et al. 2022

Journal of Food Quality

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“…However, all the above mentioned solar dryers were forced convection types in terms of operation and required additional energy to operate. The solar conduction dryer (SCD), developed by science for society (S4S), India, uses all the modes of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation) making it one of the most efficient systems for solar dehydration (Nagwekar et al, 2020). The SCD operates without electricity with zero operating cost, making it accessible and practical in areas with power shortages.…”

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Solar conduction dryer for drying of fruit and vegetables in Bangladesh

Parvin

Saha

Nandi

et al. 2021

J. Food Process. Preserv.

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Bangladesh is a lower middle-income country with over 160 million population (The World Bank, 2015). The diet quality of a large proportion of this population is very poor (Debashis et al., 2019). The usual diet is heavily dependent on rice. Though rice is not a good source of protein, it constitutes about half of the total protein consumption in the diet (Hassan, 2010). However, according to the Bangladesh household income and expenditure survey, the per capita fruit and vegetable consumption in the country is 210.8 g/day (166.1 g vegetables and 44.7 g fruit), which is much less than the minimum average requirement of 400 g/day; it indicates a poor dietary status in Bangladesh (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 2010).A basic limitation of the balanced diet is the lack of dietary diversity. Thus, consumption of a diversified diet needs to be promoted to meet the needs of micronutrients where fruits and vegetables are the rich source of dietary diversity.The contribution of fruits and vegetables remains extremely important for ensuring food and nutritional security in Bangladesh.The tropical and subtropical climates blessed the country with a variety of fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, due to postharvest losses, a significant share of the harvested produce never reaches

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Food Security and Sustainability Through Solar Drying Technologies: a Case Study Based on Solar Conduction Dryer

Kaimal

Tidke²,

Mujumdar

et al. 2022

Mater Circ Econ

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Seasonal Nutritional Food Security to Indian Women through Community-level Implementation of Domestic Solar Conduction Dryer

Cited by 6 publications

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Design and Fabrication of Solar Dryer System for Food Preservation of Vegetables or Fruit

Design and Fabrication of Solar Dryer System for Food Preservation of Vegetables or Fruit

Solar conduction dryer for drying of fruit and vegetables in Bangladesh

Food Security and Sustainability Through Solar Drying Technologies: a Case Study Based on Solar Conduction Dryer

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