Economic Appraisal Of Industrial Solar Drying (Part I)
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Major goals of industrialization include but not limited to provision of employment, establishing a platform for
overall national development and improving the monetary income of whoever is involved which invariably
improves the standard of living. A better pre-visibility study must encompass a well analysed economic
appraisal of the plan. Computer programme was generated to analyse the economic aspect of industrial solar
drying. The appraisal was carried out with the software using the Life Cycle Savings (LCS) technique. Three
locations in Nigeria (i.e. Ibadan, Kano and Port Harcourt) were selected and their respective economic
appraisal simulated. Sample simulations reveal that at a realistic initial moisture content of 30% (% wet basis)
of the agricultural produce, economic analysis of over 20 years reveal that recommended solar collector area of
85.46m2, 80.71m2 and 75.96m2 supplied about 67%, 88% and 55.8% of the annual energy needed for Ibadan,
Kano and Port-harcourt respectively which are the specific sizes at which life cycle solar savings are optimal
[1] Ram Chandra,et al. Solar drying systems and their testing procedures: A review , 1994 .