Research Article

Regulation of Temperature on Multitrays in an Indirect Solar Dryer (ISD) with Energy Storage and Three Airflow Modes

Table 2

Temperature reading on the trays in licking mode for different NTC positions.

ParameterMean and standard deviationSet pointMean ambient temperatureNTC position
Tray 1Tray 2Tray 3

Temperature (°C)65.9 ± 2.3a61.5 ± 1.4b59.9 ± 1.4b6042Tray 3
51.3 ± 1.5a52.18 ± 1.4a51.9 ± 1.2a5241Tray 2
51.6 ± 1.5a53.4 ± 1.3b54.08 ± 1.37b5141Tray 1