Abstract

ANDION-TORRES, Ronald; SUAREZ-RODRIGUEZ, José A.  and  BERGUES-RICARDO, Ciro C.. Experimental Evaluation of a Cabinet type Solar Dryer for Drying Orange Skin. RTQ [online]. 2012, vol.32, n.2, pp. 223-233. ISSN 2224-6185.

With the purpose of extracting pectin starting from the dry orange husk, to laboratory scale, for medical uses, were carried drying experiments in a solar dryer of type cabinet built in the Center of Investigations of Solar Energy. The experiments were carried in the time of crop of the orange (November - April) of the year 2009 - 2010, with the purpose of determining the appropriate characteristics of the product for their final use. In this experiments some of the variables were measured that influence in the drying process and in the quality of the final product, like they are the solar radiation, the humidity relative atmosphere, the ambient temperature and those reached inside the team, as well as the initial and final humidity of the samples. The level of load maximum was of 0,8 kg of humid husk requested by the company.

Keywords : solar dryer; orange husk; pectin.

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