Performance Analysis of Solar Assisted Fluidized Bed Dryer Integrated Biomass Furnace with and without Heat Pump for Drying of Paddy

Table 2

Uncertainties of the parameters during drying experiment of paddy.

Parameters	Unit	Uncertainty comment
		SA-FBDIBF	SAHP-FBDIBF
Ambient air temperature	°C	±0.17	±0.17
Inlet air temperature of heat pump	°C	—	±0.17
Outlet air temperature of heat pump	°C	—	±0.17
Inlet air temperature of condenser	°C	—	±0.17
Outlet air temperature of condenser	°C	—	±0.17
Inlet air temperature of solar collector	°C	±0.17	±0.17
Outlet air temperature of solar collector	°C	±0.17	±0.17
Inlet air temperature of biomass furnace	°C	±0.17	±0.17
Outlet air temperature of biomass furnace	°C	±0.17	±0.17
Inlet air temperature of drying chamber	°C	±0.17	±0.17
Outlet air temperature of drying chamber	°C	±0.17	±0.17
Ambient air relative humidity	%	±0.22	±0.22
Inlet air relative humidity of heat pump	%	—	±0.22
Outlet air relative humidity of heat pump	%	—	±0.22
Inlet air relative humidity of drying chamber	%	±0.22	±0.22
Outlet air relative humidity of drying chamber	%	±0.22	±0.22
Inlet air absolute humidity of drying chamber	kg water/; kg dry air	±0.26	±0.26
Inlet air adiabatic saturation humidity of drying chamber	kg water/; kg dry air	±0.26	±0.26
Solar radiation	W/m^2	±0.14	±0.14
Air velocity	m/s	±0.24	±0.24
Mass loss of samples	g	±0.014	±0.014
Mass loss of products	kg	±0.11	±0.11
Reading values of table (, , CV, and )	—	±0.1–0.2	±0.1–0.2
Time measurement	min	±0.1	±0.1