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Design and Development of Semi-Direct Copra Dryer for Flat Terrain
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The study was conducted to design and develop a semi-direct dryer for flat terrain. The components of the dryer were the drying bed, plenum chamber, tunnel and firing chamber. It has a capacity of 2,000 nuts and the husks from the nuts were used as fuel for the dryer. The means of the average drying temperature on the front, middle and rear portions of the drying platform were 56.5°C, 58.2°C, and 58.4°C, respectively. The average time of drying in bringing down the moisture content of the copra from 50% to 12% wet basis was 24 hours using 66.30% of the husks. As of October, the total cost of the dryer with shed was P 62,000.00 and the computed break-even cost was P 1.82/kg. This dryer provides coconut farmers an alternative to existing dryers particularly the semi-direct since it is only suitable for rolling terrain.
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