Design and construction of silver fish solar dryer.

Abstract

This is the general over view of this research proposal carried out with the aim of designing and Construction of a low cost silver fish solar dryer. Chapter one covers the introduction of the proposal which includes the background of the research talking about Silver fish and how it has been handled in the various years. The introduction also Contains the problem statement and the objectives together with the justification and scope of the proposal. Chapter two contains the literature review showing the ways how silver fish has been handled and the methods of drying which include open air drying which wasn't so efficient since it exposed the silver fish to contaminants and had a long duration of drying thus lowering the quality of silver fish. Chapter three shows the methodology which. encompasses the design and construction steps of the solar dryer and the materials to be used in construction and the mechanism of drying. Chapter four talks about the data analysis, results and discussions from the design and construction of the solar dryer and the comparison made between solar drying and traditional sun drying.

Chapter five contains the conclusions and recommendations that is the conclusions on the use of the Solar dryer as compared to traditional drying. It also contains the recommendations for use of solar dryers given the benefit cost ratio of 1.12, payback period of 9 months.