Mandsaur Institute of Technology, Mandsaur (M.P.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the work embodies in the major project entitled
Fabrication of Force Convection Air Dryer being submitted by Navin
Mordani(0702ME111051), Pawan Bhawsar(0702ME111054), Prashant
Tipan(0702ME111060), Sandeep Chouhan(0702ME111071) for partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Bachelor of Engineering in
Mechanical Engineering discipline to Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki
Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal(M.P.) during the academic year 2014-15 is a
record of bonafide piece of work, carried out by him under my supervision
and guidance in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Mandsaur Institute of Technology, Mandsaur (M.P.).

APPROVED & SUPERVISED BY:

Mr. Vikas Patidar

(Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department)

FORWARDED BY:

Mr. Rakesh Patidar Prof. M.K. Ghosh

Co-ordinator Minor Project Head oF Department
Deptt. of Mech. Engg. Deptt. of Mech Engg.

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 Mandsaur Institute of Technology, Mandsaur (M.P.)
Department of Mechanical Engineering

CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL

The Major Project Fabrication of Force Convection Air Dryer being

submitted by Navin Mordani(0702ME111051), Pawan Bhawsar
(0702ME111054), Prashant Tipan(0702ME11160), Sandeep Chouhan
(0702ME111071) has been examined by us and is hereby approved for
partial fulfillment of degree Bachelor Of Engineering in Mechanical
Engineering, for which it has been submitted. It is understood that by this
approved the undersigned do not necessarily endorse or approve any
statement made, opinion expressed or conclusion drawn therein, but approve
the dissertation only for the purpose for which it has been submitted.

(Internal Examiner) (External Examiner)

Date: Date:

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 DECLARATION

I am Pawan Bhawsar (0702ME111054) student of B.E. (Mechanical

Engineering) of Mandsaur Institute of Technology; hereby declare that
project report entitled Fabrication of Force Convection Air Dryer is the
outcome of my own work and contribution. The project work has not been
published or submitted before anywhere else which includes thesis of
UG/PG etc.

No text (in part of in full) from other published resources has been included
in my project work. In case a piece of text has been borrowed from any other
sources, an appropriate reference has been mentioned in the reference list
and the same has been cited at appropriate place in the report.

I shall be responsible for answering the complaints (if any) of plagiarism.

Date: Student Name

Pawan
Bhawsar

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Presenting the project report today remains an unparalleled even for me as it
recapitulates all our toils efforts. It is a great pleasure to acknowledge
everyone who made it possible for me to achieve something, which appeared
like a Herculean task.

I acknowledge the guidance and knowledge received from my project guide

Mr. Vikas Patidar, Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering Department. His
dedication to project never wavered and the leadership was critical to timely
completion of the project.

I am also thankful to our project coordinator Mr. Rakesh Patidar, Lecturer

of Mechanical Engineering Department. Their extensive support and
cooperation the completion of the project.

Mr. Umesh Bairagi, Mr. Radheshyam, Mr. Hemant singh Tomar, Mr. Bharat
Sharma. Mr.Omprakash Bhatodra all workshop members has also supported
in fabrication work of project.

I owe a great debt to a number of people who generously give us much of

their precious time, knowledge and wisdom, and added whole dimensions to
this thesis.

Student Name
Pawan Bhawsar

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 ABSTRACT
The unpredictable rise and frequent scarcity of fossil fuel accelerated the
continuous search for an alternative power source. Solar is one of the
renewable and sustainable sources of power that attracted a large community
of researchers from all over the world. This is largely due to its abundant in
both direct and indirect form. As such the development of efficient and
inexpensive equipment for the drying of agricultural and marine products
using solar power evolved thereby improving the quality of the products as
well as improving the quality of life. The use of solar dryers in the drying of
agricultural products can significantly reduce or eliminate product wastage,
food poisoning and at the sometime enhance productivity of the farmers
towards better revenue derived. A solar crop drying system does not solely
depend on solar energy to function; it combines fuel burning with the energy
of the sun, thus reducing fossil fuel consumption. In this paper a review of
the solar dryer is presented.

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 CONTENTS

Sr. No. DESCRIPTION Page No.

1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Classification of drying systems 3

1.1.1 High temperature dryers 3

1.1.2Low temperature dryers 3

1.2 Types of solar driers Solar-energy drying systems 4

2 LITRETURE REVIEW

2.1 Flat-Plate Solar Collector 7

2.2 Energy Storage Collectors 8

3 METHODOLOGY 10

4 MATERIALS AND METHOD

4.1 Experimental Set-up 12

4.2 Materials Used for fabrication of solar dryer 13

4.3 Design consideration 13

5 CALCULATIONS 19

6 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES 20

7 ECONOMICALLY FEASIBILITY 21

8 RESULT AND CONCLUSION 22

9 FUTURE SCOPE 23

10 REFERENCE 24

LIST OF FIGURE

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Sr. No. Description Page No.
1 Direct (integral) type solar dryers 5

2 Indirect (distributed) type solar dryers 6

3 Flat-Plate Solar Collector 7

4 Solar air dryer 13

5 Flat plate collector 14

6 Glass Cover 15

7 Exhaust Pipe 16

8 Final Assembly 17

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