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Coconut Dryer for other Crops
| By pinoyfarmer | February 15, 2010 |  |
Los Banos, Laguna — The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (PCRRD-DOST), is promoting the nationwide use of an improve coconut dryer in coordination with the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology of the University of thee Philippines Los Banos 9CEAT-UPLB). Dr. Ernesto P. Lozada, Dean of CEAT-UPLB and an acknowledged expert in postharvest/crop processing, said that the dryer improves the quality of copra which the traditional coconut dryer “tapaahan” is unable to achieve.
Aside from coconut, the dryer also dries other crops like palay, corn, coffee, cacao and black pepper. It can also be used for making dehydrated fruit products like mango, pineapple, and jackfruit. Furthermore, it can be used in drying fish.
The multi-crop dryer has an improved temperature control, minimal smoke contamination, improved heat utilization efficiency, and more or less uniformed drying. It has a capacity of 250 kg copra (l,000 nuts) in one loading. A square cross section ensures a uniform air flow during drying. It is made of different locally available materials depending on the model. The dryer has three models. These are the collapsible (knock- down type), mobile, and fixed models.
For collapsible and mobile models, the walls of the dryer are double-lined with G.I. sheets. The fixed model has walls made of hollow blocks, bricks, or woodslabs/adobe stones. The mobile model is made of wood and G.I. sheets.
The dryer’s system is composed of a product holding bin where the products are laid for drying, a plenum or burner chamber where the burner (source of drying) is located, observation ports, doors, and cleaning ports. According to Lozada, the key to efficient temperature control of the dryer are proper design of the burner and proper preparation of the fuel. The burner of the dryer is lined with more than 3 cm thick castable refractory material. It uses waste materials such as coconut shell shards, wood, and charcoal, as fuel. A burner- load of coconut shell shard weighing about 9 kg lasts between 2 and 3 hours. Thus, for a total load of 500 kg copra, the specific fuel consumption of the burner is only 0.4 fuel per kg copra.
Construction of the dryer costs only PHP 10,000, which is relatively affordable, especially for farmers’ cooperatives. Models of this dryer are demonstrated in various technology fairs/fora organized by the different DOST Regional Offices. For details, please contact Dr. Amado Maglinao, Director, Farm Resources and Systems Research Division, PCARRD, Los Banos, Laguna. (R.B. Alamban, PCARRD, S&T Media Service)
Source: www.da.gov.ph
Topics: News & Updates | 25 Comments »
March 20th, 2010 at 8:22 am
Hi,
This is interesting. Can you advise us where to look for this? Or can you provide us contact information? TIA!
Thanks!!
March 27th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
hi i would like to request for the contact details of Dr. Amado Maglinao.. thnaks..
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:47 am
I am interested in buying some Los Banos Copra Dryers for producers of my electorate in Papua New Guinea(PNG).
Please advice me of the cost and is it possible to ship only 10 units from the Philipines to PNG.
July 26th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Saan ko makikita ng sample ng coconut dryer.
November 6th, 2010 at 3:30 am
interesado ako sa copra dryer pwede kubang makita sa picture d2 ako ngaun sa saudi at balak akong bibili pag uwi ko.
maraming salamat …
November 18th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
balak ong bibili ng copra drier pag uwi ko saan ko pweding pumunta para madala ko sa Bohol may showroom ba kayo sa manila paki email lang ang address
maraming salamat.
December 15th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
hi,
interesado din po ako s drier nyo, i am an agricultural engineering student.. naicp ko po kcng mag-thesis ng multicrop drier meron n pala kau.. ^_^ will u give me some advices that would help me? thankz..
December 19th, 2010 at 6:02 am
Sir,
yung dryer ninyo is it good for rice and corn too.
If possible how can I contact Dr. Maglinao for more info on how to construct one for a scale of 20 to 40 cavans of palay. Willing to meet him personally or have a email address that I can talked to him. Thanks a lot for the time.
Jerry
January 3rd, 2011 at 3:19 am
hi, am interested, could you send me photos or design of the coco drier.thxsmch
February 14th, 2011 at 2:00 am
I’m interesting to buy your copra dryer to be use somewhere in sarangani province can you provide me a details.
thanks,
March 12th, 2011 at 4:11 am
please send me details of your drier so i can forward it to the government
March 12th, 2011 at 4:12 am
Forward it to the Government of Fiji
April 17th, 2011 at 6:10 am
very interested, wanted to see the product . can i have some contact numbers please? im into feed milling, thanks
April 27th, 2011 at 5:34 am
Im interested to your copra dryer, am from general Santos City, can you provide me any brochures, or lay out plan or any guide to build my dryer in my coco farm.
Thank you.
May 18th, 2011 at 7:52 pm
Gud day! may i know where can i buy this copra dryer and what is the contact number na pwede tawagan for inquiries thanx!
June 1st, 2011 at 2:41 pm
please send me the design
June 5th, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Hi,
Good day po,
narito po ako sa saudi ngayon, balak kupo mamili ng kopra sa amin pag uwi ko, saan po ba nakakabili nitong DYER.
Thanks,
Zaldy
June 10th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
wer can i buy the dryer and how much?this is my number 09058944492
June 28th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Sir,
Where can I find the design of the burner used in multi-crop dryer for copra?
Thanks.
August 21st, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Sir,
Can you send me the design for construction of the Copra Dryer and other related information regarding the dryer.
Thanks.
September 26th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Sir/Madam
Pls. email me your dryer design and others related information. Thank you so much.
William Tan
September 27th, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Hi
I am also interested. Can you please email me the cost, sources or place to buy this technology and others about this multi-purpose dryer?
Thanks,
Al
March 2nd, 2012 at 12:46 pm
interesado ako sa schematic plan ng coco hot air dryer puwede ba makakuha ng kopya?
thanks
April 11th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
i have a design for kiln dryer for lumber with a capacity of 800 bd ft. Gusto ko ma convert ng copra dryer. Will you accept my design to increase your 1,000 nuts capacity.
June 5th, 2012 at 8:32 am
Sir, Good Day!
Can you please send me, the price of the dryer, contact no. of your company and where we can see your product.
I’m hoping you can assist me in this concern.
Thank you.