TY - GEN
T1 - Performance Evaluation and Effectiveness of a Solar-Biomass Hybrid Dryer for Drying Homogeneous of Cocoa Beans Using LabView Software and Arduino Hardware
AU - Rincón-Quintero, Arly Dario
AU - Del Portillo-Valdés, Luis Alfonso
AU - Meneses-Jácome, Alexander
AU - Ascanio-Villabona, Javier Gonzalo
AU - Tarazona-Romero, Brayan Eduardo
AU - Durán-Sarmiento, Miguel Arlenzo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The research evaluates the performance and effectiveness of a solar-biomass hybrid prototype for drying cocoa beans, which takes advantage of solar energy in the application area and the calorific value of the dried cocoa pod shell, performing a continuous drying in 36 h, reducing the time by 70% compared to traditional drying. The experimental tests of this technology were carried out in the Department of Santander in northeast Colombia. The equipment has a cylindrical mesh drum, coupled to a rotation system that rotates in specific periods of time, allowing a homogeneous drying of the almonds deposited in it. The electrical and electronic systems are powered by photovoltaic energy. The programming carried out with LabView allows to control and maintain the thermodynamic conditions of the air (e.g. temperature below 60 °C) of drying, guaranteeing the final quality and a humidity of the grain that varies between 6.5 to 7.5%.
AB - The research evaluates the performance and effectiveness of a solar-biomass hybrid prototype for drying cocoa beans, which takes advantage of solar energy in the application area and the calorific value of the dried cocoa pod shell, performing a continuous drying in 36 h, reducing the time by 70% compared to traditional drying. The experimental tests of this technology were carried out in the Department of Santander in northeast Colombia. The equipment has a cylindrical mesh drum, coupled to a rotation system that rotates in specific periods of time, allowing a homogeneous drying of the almonds deposited in it. The electrical and electronic systems are powered by photovoltaic energy. The programming carried out with LabView allows to control and maintain the thermodynamic conditions of the air (e.g. temperature below 60 °C) of drying, guaranteeing the final quality and a humidity of the grain that varies between 6.5 to 7.5%.
KW - Arduino hardware and LabView software
KW - Dried cocoa pod shell
KW - Elba home
KW - Hybrid dryer
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107281237&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-72208-1_18
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-72208-1_18
M3 - Libros de Investigación
AN - SCOPUS:85107281237
SN - 9783030722074
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 238
EP - 252
BT - Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy - Proceedings of the CIT 2020
A2 - Botto Tobar, Miguel
A2 - Cruz, Henry
A2 - Díaz Cadena, Angela
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 15th Multidisciplinary International Congress on Science and Technology, CIT 2020
Y2 - 26 October 2020 through 30 October 2020
ER -