The Performance and Economic Feasibility of Solar Grain Drying Systems, Volumes 396-400; Volumes 402-410 |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Range in Cost of Solar Grain Drying Systems | 22 |
Derivation of Costs for Comparisons of Two Solar Dryers | 30 |
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10-percent salvage value air flow design air handler bins capital investment cost cents cents/bu cents/kWh cfm/bu cfm/ft2 of surface collector surface conventional dryers corn drying experiment cost item cost of dryer cost of electrical cost of equipment cost per bushel cost per square dried dryer and equipment Drying Performance duplicates economic feasibility electrical hookup $400 electricity per bushel farm feasibility of solar fiberglass flat-plate collector floor area foot of collector fossil fuels grain dryers grain drying systems inflated tube Interest on investment kWh of electricity kWh/bu per percentage lector located moisture removed Multiuse natural gas percentage point Performance The storage point of moisture ratio of collector Repairs and maintenance rock heat-storage shelled corn w.b. solar drying systems solar energy solar grain drying solar heat Solar System square foot supplemental heat surface area suspended plate System Design tion total fixed cost transition duct tricity Variable cost