Solar-assisted mobile food dehydrator

Patent · Tue Aug 13 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6355634

Cabus, M M; Colt, J W; Howard, B M; Tuft, E S

The cost of preserving and transporting food is minimized, to the end that food may be made more widely available. A trailer, movable by a small vehicle, houses a completely self-contained food dehydration plant which can be towed to the field in order to preserve the food as soon as it is harvested. The plant dehydrates by blowing a stream of hot air over the food. In order to conserve energy, the air is preheated both in a solar collector (by sunlight) and in a heat exchanger (by exhaust air). Some air used for dehydration is not exhausted but instead is recirculated through the plant, further contributing to efficiency.

• Assignee: Sun-Flo International, Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4534118
• OSTI ID: 6355634
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140909* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Miscellaneous Solar Applications-- (1980-)
DEHYDRATION
DEHYDRATORS
DESIGN
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY
EQUIPMENT
FOOD PROCESSING
HEAT
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEATERS
PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
POWER SUPPLIES
PROCESS HEAT
PROCESSING
RADIATIONS
RECYCLING
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION
WASTE HEAT
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES