Background:
Dr. Prasad Deodhar contacted VA regarding a problem a fisherwoman was facing in drying her leftover fish. The fisherwoman catches fish and sells it in a nearby market. Everyday around 1-2 Kg of fish used to be leftover and to avoid financial loss she used to preserve the leftover fish by conventional salting and open sun drying. Dr. Deodhar wanted a better alternative to this conventional fish preservation method. The fisherwoman when contacted seemed to be fine with the conventional method and was reluctant to spend money on any alternate solution. Dr. Deodhar however asked VA to make a solar dryer anyway. After number of discussions in DIC it was decided that since the customer doesn’t have any special requirements a simple low cost flat solar dryer with polycarbonate sheet should be made and sent.
Design Files:
Design files can be accessed by clicking on the following link.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UdNhjOWXn2qtj63Q0iosjSKp3WnSotm4?usp=sharing
