Drying of Agricultural Products by the Flat-plate Solar Collector with Rock-piled Heat Storage Medium

Rock-pile식(式) 집열기(集熱器)를 이용(利用)한 농산물건조(農産物乾燥)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究)

  • Chang, Kyu-Seob (College of Agriculture, Chung-nam National University) ;
  • Kim, Man-Soo (College of Agriculture, Chung-nam National University)
  • Published : 1983.06.30

Abstract

The performance of the flat-plate solar collector with rock-pile thermal storage medium and the drying characteristics of rough rice and red pepper by use of natural air and of supplementary heated air by the solar drier were studied. The thermal efficiency of the flat-plate solar collector was average 25.4 percent and the overall heattransfer coefficient of the collector was approximately $38.13kJ/hr.m^2^{\circ}C$. The flat-plate collector was able to supply the supplementary heated air which was about $7^{\circ}C$ higher than the ambient air temperature during the daytime and about $3^{\circ}C$ higher than during the night. For rough rice drying of grain moisture content front 24.5 to 14.5%, it took 18 days in the natural air system, 12 days in the tubular solar collector and 10 days in the flat-plate solar collector. For red pepper drying from it's moisture from 81.0 to 15.0%, 68 hrs required under conventional sun drying system, but 38 hrs in tubular solar collector and 36 hrs in the flateplate solar collector. The changes of capsanthin and capsaicine content were investigated at various drying system, and little difference was found among the drying system.

태양열(太陽熱) 축열장치(蓄熱裝置)의 개발(開發)을 위(爲)한 기초자료(基礎資料)를 얻기 위(爲)하여 태양열(太陽熱)의 축열매체(蓄熱媒體)로 돌을 이용(利用)한 평판집열기(平板集熱器)을 제작(製作)하여 집열기(集熱器)의 효율(效率), 총열전달계수(總熱傳達係數), 집열기(集熱器)에 의(依)한 상승온도등(上昇溫度等)을 분석(分析)하고 이를 열원(熱源)으로 벼와 고추에 대(對)한 건조실험(乾燥實驗)을 하였다. 초기함수율(初期含水率) 24.5%인 벼를 14.5%까지 건조(乾燥)시키는데 상온통풍건조(常溫通風乾燥)에서는 약(約) 18일(18日), 튜브형집열기(型集熱器)에서 약(約) 12일(12日), 평판집열기(平板集熱器)에서 약(約) 10일(10日)이 소요(所要)되었으며 통고추 건조(乾燥)의 경우 일광건조(日光乾燥)에서 약(約) 68시간(68時間), 튜브형집열기(型集熱器)에서 약(約) 38시간(38時間), 평판집열기(平板集熱器)에서 약(約) 36시간(36時間)이 소요(所要)되었다. 고추를 절단(切斷)하여 건조(乾燥)할 경우 수평(水平)으로 절단(切斷)하는 것이 효과적(效果的)이었으며 건조(乾燥) 과정중(過程中) capsanthine과 capsaicine성분(成分)의 변화(變化)는 건조방법(乾燥方法)이나 절단방법(切斷方法)에 따라 고추의 품질(品質)에 영향(影響)을 미치는 정도(程度)는 아니라고 사료(思料)되었다.

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