Solar Drying of Organic Spices, Nuts and Fruits

Summary

Our Centre is drying
-organically grown spices like pepper, ginger, nutmeg and lemongrass
- medicinal plants like Brahmi, Thulasi
- fruits like bannana, pineapple, pappaya

using solar tunnel dryer imported from Hohenheim University, Germany.
The products are awailable with the following address in Germany

Fr. Rosemarie Zaiser,
President, VEV
Selmaweg-12
D70327- Stuttgart, Germany
Ph. 00-49-711-335769
Fax: 00-49-711-3041078

Author Address

Prof. George Peter
Renewable Energy Centre, Mithradham
Chunangamveli
Aluva
Kochi
683 105
India

Affiliation

NGO

Status

[Ongoing Implementation]

Category

Solar Drying

Implementation Date

Detailed Description

Renewable Energy Centre, Mithradham is the first fully solar educational institution in India dedicated solely to the promotion of environment and renewable energy. The centre conducts regular training programmes in rnewable energy technology applications to technicians and entrepreneurs. The three areas in which training by international experts lasting for one week are

1. Energy from Biomass

2. Solar and solar assited drying

3. Solar P-V installations

As a follow of the training programmes, Mithradham using the solar tunnel dryer for drying the ecoproducts produced at the organic farm land attached to the centre. The farm, processing and the products are certified organic by Lacon India Pvt. Ltd. At present spices, medicainal plants and fruits produced at the centre are dryed using tunnel dryer imported from Germany and small dryers constructed at Mithradham.