An improved solar dryer for fish drying in the coastal belt

A «green-house» type solar dryer of dimensions 3 m×2.5 m was designed and constructed for fish drying. It has a rigid and hygienic construction consisting of a black-pointed G.I. sheet chamber covered with plexiglass sheets and provided with ventilation holes at the east-west sides and exhaust at the top. The dryer was installed and put to trial for fish drying in a coastal fishing harbour. The dryer with a designed capacity of 56 kg fresh fish per batch was suitable for adaptation by fisherman-processor families in the coastal belt