Food

Our Solarkilns not only dry wood, they can be used to dry many other products

As of time of writing this section of our website, we are only just beginning to deliver our superior technology into other drying applications including food.

Featuring unique aspects of our design, we have ready developed dryers with a range of additional new features suited to a broad range of applications.

Our technology will not represent the lowest cost greenhouse type solar dryer available but it will prove itself to be the most economical when all factors are considered. The key differences will be our capacity to deliver much more dry stock from same-sized kilns and to avoid fungal attack and product degradation that simply cannot be avoided in lesser technologies.

Apart from the clear cut solar efficiency advantages of our kiln technology, there are many reasons why we are already certain that our technology will greatly exceed the performance of other inferior solar drying technologies when drying food and perishable products. Some reasons include;

• Capacity of the collector design to collect more heat energy per structure footprint
• Automated climate interactive control features that conserve heat energy and maintain more constant levels of humidity in the drying enclosure. (avoiding fungal attack and/or use of chemicals to kill fungus and mould)
• Complex data logging system that facilitates optimal drying schedules whilst avoiding the guess-work that is otherwise required for a solar drying process that naturally experiences variations in kiln conditions.
• Structural design and controller features that concentrate heat energy more effectively, always providing more uniform drying conditions, including during night and bad weather periods.

In short, our technology will continue to work when other technologies cannot.

Example of Generation 1 greenhouse type solar dryer; LOW COST- HIGH RISK TECHNOLOGY.  requires unwanted sulphur and chemical treatment to avoid fungal and mould attack- dries slowly and not at all in all except excellent weather conditions.

15 Years development and intensive research has taken us through 4 generations of solar dryers starting from generation 1 dryers that we have previously superseded late in the last century.

Solarkilns is capable and willing to assist you to design an individual solar drying solution with new clients, wherever they may be located. Many unique features have been developed by us over the course of 19 years of development.