Development and Promoting of Solar Drying Utilization for Agricultural and ODOP Products

The project shall be conducting survey and collecting data on demand and characteristic of drying each agriculture and ODOP products and substance to be dried such as tea leaf, coffee bean, grain, meat, fish, banana, Lao noodle in Laos to identify drying condition requirement such as physical, initial moisture content, final moisture content needed, appropriate drying temperature and so on,  Conducting study solar dryer technology in Mekong countries and ROK and study tour in Thailand to learn and exchange information on solar dryer technology for adapting to develop solar dryer that suitable for the Laos’s condition. The project would be developed solar dryer device with auxiliary heat source by adapting of drying technology from the Mekong countries and ROK to workable and suitable to drying criteria of raw material to be dried, testing the prototype at RIEM and prepare training manual   The project will organizing technical training program for selected local technician in target location where developed solar dryer will be demonstrate The project will enhance apply skill and knowledge acquired from training course of local technicians with real practice in fabrication and installation of developed solar dryer in selected demonstration sites. The project will organize regional dissemination seminar for Mekong country and ROK, to share experience, lesson learn in develop and promote solar dryer from project Read more...