TY - NEWS
TI - Implementation of an automated dryer with solar collector
AU - Regino Ubarnes, fernando Jesús
AU - Jaramillo, H Y
AU - Moreno Garcia, F E Moreno-Garcia2
AB - This research work consists of the development of an automated sustainable drying
system using forced and preheated air to reduce the production time of handmade bricks, so a
dryer witha solar collector wasimplemented to take advantage of the energy from solar radiation.
A virtualinstrument was developed, which allows to visualize the variables of temperature and
humidityinside the drying chamber, additionally a temperature control was implemented, this
control allows the system to maintain a constant temperature during the drying process. Samples
were taken from the production of the brick kiln “El Tejar” and dried by this device, thenthe
drying times and their physical and mechanical properties were compared, finding that the bricks
dried with the proposed prototype retained these properties. As for the compressive strength tests
for samples of both processes was around 30.6 Kgf/cm² and 31.2 Kgf/cm², the deflection
resistance was around 1.2 Kgf/cm² and 1.3 Kgf/cm², the initial absorption rate was around 0.3
g/cm²/min and 0.4 g/cm²/min, and finally the percentage of water absorption for both processes
were around 12.9% and 13.1%. The difference lies in the drying times, since drying in the
artisanal brick kilns takes about 15 daysin the proposed dryer takes 9 days, resulting in a decrease
of 40% in this process.
DA - 2022-01-10
PB - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
UR - https://repositorio.ufps.edu.co/handle/ufps/6582
ER -