Behavior of a portable solar dryer for pineapple fiber Comportamento de um secador solar para fibras de abacaxi

In Costa Rica, there has been a growing interest to use pineapple fiber from plant, for which current processes need to be improved or new processes need to be developed, with emphasis on drying methods. This work presents the design and evaluation of the behavior of a prototype portable solar dryer...

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Main Authors: Róger Moya, Marco Solano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Lavras 2012-12-01
Series:Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542012000600009