Performance curve generation of an unglazed transpired collector system for a fish and crop solar drier

• Main Author: Biona, Jose Bienvenido Manuel M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2002
• Subjects: Agricultural machinery; Farm mechanization; Electromechanical devices; Solar dryers
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/3006
• Institution: De La Salle University

One of the factors that hinder the wide scale adaptation of solar dryers is the cost of the solar collectors. In 1991, a low cost but efficient solar collector was developed. Unglazed transpired collectors (UTCs) since then have gained popularity in building heating applications. Its potential for s...