With the growing demand for vegetables and fruits in this world of urbanisation roof top gardening finds an insignificant place. The study focuses on identifying and suggesting remedies for effective management of the engineering components involved in roof top gardening. They m...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i530197
Drying is one of the most important unit operations for food preservation and storage. It is a energy intensive process and with the increase in the price and demand of electricity, renewable energy (solar) is proving its worth. Greenhouse dryers are low cost, easily constructibl...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2020/v21i130123
India is the second-largest producer of vegetables. However, vegetables are critical for storage, due to their highly perishable nature, lack of cold storage and transportation facilities. Vegetables get shrivel, whither rapidly, especially under hot conditions, if not preserved...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i2430364
A Static flat-bed batch dryer was developed for drying paddy from harvesting moisture content (20 – 22%) to 12% for safe storage. The dryer mainly consisted of Blower, Heating chamber, Plenum chamber and drying chamber. Twenty kg paddy was dried in the developed dryer at two diff...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i530546
A Static Flat Bed Batch Dryer was developed at Department of Agricultural Engineering GKVK, Bangalore with a capacity of 20 kg and mainly to be used for drying paddy from harvesting moisture content (20 – 22%) to 12% for safe storage. The dryer mainly consists of Blower, Heating...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630464