Abstract :
Drying is an important activity in the preservation of foodstuffs and agricultural product processing industry, but currently the dryer has not worked optimally. To overcome this, a research is done to modified the weakness of the dryer, then redesigned the dryer heating chamber. The research was aimed to modify, to test the type of cabinet dryer, and analyzed the distribution of temperature over the equipment. This research was conducted in November 2016 at the Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering University of North Sumatera. Parameter observed was temperature distribution during drying process.
The results indicated that the highest temperature was found on sketch 5 repitition 1 i.e 92,12 oC and the lowest temperature was found on sketch 3 repitition 1 i.e 51,06 oC.