SCL Report

Group 3: Portable Paddy Dryer

Supervisor:
1. Dr Aimrun Wayayok
Group members:
1. Muhammad Faez Fauzi

169969

2. Mohamad Rizal Ramli

170222

3. Siti Farhana Ghazali

171085

4. Muhammad Hazim Azmi

169948

5. Nurasyikin Mohd Yaakob

170962

6. Muhammad Yusri Zulkernain

169920

7. Muhammad Khairul Anwar Abd Latif

174514

8. Muhammad Hazim Azri Mohd Jidin

172771

9. Muhamad Fadhli Ahmad Termimi

174003

Lecturer:
1. Dr. Nazmi Mat Nawi

Introduction
Martin Gummert (GTZ, Indonesia) declares that paddy drying is the problem in rice
post-harvest. Most of the country tried to build their drying system to overcome the
problem. The Philippines has become notorious among its peers in post-harvest
forums for its "highway dryers". After harvested, paddy need to be dry to 12% of
moisture content.Dwayne Sutter (Texas A & M) who has had long experience in the
Philippines, says sun drying of paddy is a major cause of lower quality rice yield. Sun
drying was usually a single pass operation, which did not allow the grain to go
through a tempering phase to relieve internal stresses. As a result, small fissures
were formed. These defects are not visible to the naked eye but can be observed by
shining a light through the grain.

Objective:
1. To build a portable paddy dryer that can improve existing portable drying system.
2. To help the farmers to dry their paddy using sunlight without defects their paddy.

Advantages
Portable
Easy to operate
Cheap
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Disadvantages
Time taken to dry slower
Heat does not separate equally
Risk if strong wind
Need gen set if doesnt have enough power

Proposed Method
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Advantages
Portable

Disadvantages
A little bit costly than

Easy to operate
Time taken to dry more

conventional
Risk if strong wind
Need gen set if doesnt have

faster
Heat separate equally
Double the process

enough power
-

quantity

Design Parameters:
A. Sample:
Paddy = Moisture Content (mg)
B. Machine :
Fan =
i. Horsepower (HP)
ii. Velocity of air (m/s)
Heating Element = Heat absorb (Celcius)
C. System=
i. Heat separate (celcius)
ii. Humidity (g/m3)

Costing of material
Material

Costing

PVC
Polypropylene
Polyethylene Film
Reflecting glasses
Magnifying glass
Induction heater Coil
Aluminium foil
Solar plate

RM 2/feet
US $869 / Metric ton
US $2500-3300 / Metric Ton
US $0.6-2 / Square Meter
US $0.5-100 / Piece
US $15-25 / Piece
US $2000-3000 / Ton
US $0.72-0.85 / Watt