The development of appropriate technology prototypes for the food dryer powered by solar photovoltaic.

In Indonesia, traditional drying methods for preserving fish face numerous challenges, including a lack of solar heat, rain, and other issues that make the drying process inefficient. This study has the objective s of designing and developing a solar dryer using solar energy photovoltaics to power electricity for supporting the fish drying process. The research method used in this work consist of several stages of Research and Development (R&D), including analysis requirement, model design, prototype construction, and further development. The results of using the fish dryer with solar power can be produced more quickly and efficiently with additional pair DC fan and coil thermal that supply by electricity power from solar energy Photovoltaic (PV). For further development, the solar energy-based food dryers would be tested for other kinds of fish species and agriculture crops in remote coastal communities that face limited access to electricity from the grid. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]