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Smart Solar Crop Dryer

Solar drying, with a record of every batch

A drying chamber powered by the sun. Sensors read the air inside, a controller keeps conditions in range, and the readings go to our monitoring platform.

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A Version 3 stainless steel dryer standing in the field in Narok County, beside an ITEDA banner

Inside the dryer

The parts, and what each one does

What it dries

Crops we dry today

Each crop has its own page with the regions where we dry it.

Monitoring

What the platform records

Every dryer reports to our monitoring platform at app.itedasolutions.com.

Chamber temperatureHow warm the air is around the crop.
HumidityHow much moisture is in the chamber air.
BatteryHow much stored power is left.
SolarHow much power the panel is producing.
Our monitoring platform charting a dryer's chamber temperature, held between 47 and 51 °C, and its humidity falling from 38% to 30% over an hour

Specifications

Version 3, as built

Version 4 is in design and will change some of these figures.

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Version 3 specifications
Capacity per batch250 kg
Trays7
BuildStainless steel, made for use in the field
Temperature range40-60 °C
Data linkGSM, with Wi-Fi as backup
Farmers and cooperativesBook dryingA dryer comes to your harvest. You pay per kilogram, based on how much moisture we take out.Programmes, funders, buyersPut dryers to work in your regionBuy a dryer, lease one, or have us run it as a drying service. Pilots, grants and partnerships too.