Abstract:
There have been many research work presenting various novel types of solar dryers that can
be used for drying vegetables, fruits, and other agro-products etc. Solar chimney which
consists of a large plate and a centered vertical chimney basically studied for electricity
power generation using the draught through the chimney. In this study, it has been
demonstrated by establishing a mini photo type chimney that the possibility of enhancing the
drying process under the plate of a solar chimney. There is a great potential of using Solar
Chimney dryer, drying for industrial, fishery and agro products or raw materials. The
advantage is that drying can be done, with the similar efficiency of sun drying, under the
rainy environment obviously with a law drying efficiency but without destroying quality and
protecting them from environmental pollutants.
