SOLAR DRIER Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, namely, drying of agricultural products, mainly green mass by means of solar energy. SUBSTANCE: walls and roof of drying chamber 2 arranged over solar irradiation receiver 1 with light-transmitting walls 8 are provided with louvres 4, 5 having openings with area no less than that of grid bottom 3 of drying chamber. Floor of receiver is filled with heat accumulation members 7 whose volume is no less than that of dried material. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of drying due to continuously removing moisture out of dried material independently upon weather conditions at keeping necessary content of vitamins and other nutritious matters. 1 cl, 1 dwg