Design, construction and performance test of direct heating type copra drier

Abstract

The direct heating type of copra drier with a drying capacity of 500 nuts was constructed and tested in Banago, Caluya, Antique from April 25 to June 3, 1983, to determine the performance of the drier using coconut shells as fuel. Two sets of tests were conducted. In the first test, fifty split nuts were arranged in the drying chamber with the meat facing upward. In the second test, the same number of split nuts were arranged in the drying chamber with the meat facing sideward. The result of drying fifty split coconut nuts, is expected to be the same as drying five hundred split coconut nuts.