Development of Intelligent Drying Plant with Smart Grid Technology for Banana Processing Management of Drying Bananas Ratchasan Group, Ratchasan District, Chachoengsao

Abstract

This paper aims to study about the intelligent drying plant with smart grid technology for banana processing management of Drying Bananas Ratchasan Group, Ratchasan district, Chachoengsao. The process of drying the bananas in a solar-powered solar greenhouse at a temperature of 50-60 ^๐C for about 7-8 hours. The production has problem on a no sunny day or a day that has to increase production. The producers would like to produce drying bananas for both day and night because the sunlight is uncertainly. The researcher has the idea to use the intelligent drying plant with smart grid technology for solving the problem. The research will collect temperature and humidity data in the solar drying plant which install 5 - inside sensor and an outside sensor. The result shown that the inside temperature will increase from 30-38 ^๐C at 8 AM to 55-60 ^๐C in afternoon (1-2 PM) that more than outside temp. around 20 ^๐C. The inside temp. will slightly decrease to 30-38 ^๐C until 6 PM. For the humidity in the solar drying plant tends to be the opposite of temperature which is according to the theory of drying. When installing a gas heating system that can be controlled the temperature. We will open the gas system to set the temperature in the solar drying plant in the range of 40-50 ^๐C until 11PM and turn off the gas system. The inside and outside temperature of the solar drying plant will decrease dramatically and the percentage of humidity will also be high. The conclusions are the bananas can be dried 1 cycle during 8AM-6PM. If the producer would like to dry the bananas for 1 more time, the gas system must be turned on at 6PM that temperature controlled in the solar drying plant is between 40-50 ^๐C. After that the producers have to turn off the gas system at 11PM. The research can be increased the ability of drying bananas to 2 cycles/day which support the producer demand as well.