Simulation of a Combination of a Solar Air Collector and a Stock for a Solar Drying in Algeria

Diversity climate of Algeria gives opportunities to export a wide range of fruit and vegetables. But the drying of these products is a particularly hungry for energy, which encourages us to reflect on the more efficient use of available resources and especially the use of renewable energies, such as solar energy. The objective of this work, based on a theoretical study is to investigate the energy efficiency of two components of a solar drying unit (collector, stock), which aims to satisfy a design already made for a well-defined energy needs: dry a quantity of product for a given day of the harvest season with a heat storage that relays the night.