SOLAR DRYING AND CO2 EMISSIONS MITIGATION: POTENTIAL FOR SELECTED CASH CROPS IN INDIA

摘要

An attempt to estimate the potential of solar crop drying for some selected cash crops in India has been made. The useful energy required for drying of different cash crops, the fraction of the total production of different cash crops which can be dried by solar dryers, and solar collector area required for this purpose have been estimated. The amounts of different fuels that would be saved by solar drying have also been estimated. The CO_ 2emissions mitigation potential of solar drying of cash crops in India has also been estimated.