An Experimental Study of Vegetable Solar Drying Systems with and without Auxiliary Heat

Table 1

The experimental results for mixed, solar, and natural drying for peas and beans.

Material	Weight	Type of	Initial moisture	Final moisture	Required	Drying	Energy delivered to
	of product (kg)	drying system	Content %	Content %	volume of air (m^3)	time (hour)	drying chamber (MJ)
Peas	10	Mixed	71	5	238	8	76.3
Peas	10	Solar	71	5	655	12	62.7
Peas	10	Natural	71	5	—	56	—
Beans	8	Mixed	64.5	5	161	9	95
Beans	8	Solar	64.5	5	471	14	73.2
Beans	8	Natural	64.5	5	—	56	—