Temperature Control System for Mushroom Dryer

International Conference and Exhibition in Advanced Materials and Microscopy 2017

材料科学;物理学

Wibowo, I.A.^1 ; Indah, Nur^1 ; Sebayang, D.^1 ; Adam, N.H.^2

Universitas Mercu Buana, Jakarta, Indonesia^1

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor Batu Pahat, Malaysia^2

关键词: Ambient conditions;    Artificial drying;    Bang-Bang control;    Drying process;    Drying temperature;    Electronic control circuits;    Mushroom cultivation;    Natural drying;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/343/1/012036/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/343/1/012036

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The main problem in mushroom cultivation is the handling after the harvest. Drying is one technique to preserve the mushrooms. Traditionally, mushrooms are dried by sunshine which depends on the weather. This affects the quality of the dried mushrooms. Therefore, this paper proposes a system to provide an artificial drying for mushrooms in order to maintain their quality. The objective of the system is to control the mushroom drying process to be faster compared to the natural drying at an accurate and right temperature. A model of the mushroom dryer has been designed, built, and tested. The system comprises a chamber, heater, blower, temperature sensor and electronic control circuit. A microcontroller is used as the controller which is programmed to implement a bang-bang control that regulates the temperature of the chamber. A desired temperature is inputted as a set point of the control system. Temperature of 45 °C is chosen as the operational drying temperature. Several tests have been carried out to examine the performance of the system including drying speed, the effects of ambient conditions, and the effects of mushroom size. The results show that the system can satisfy the objective.