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Cocoa dryer and storage bin

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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CTA. 1986. Cocoa dryer and storage bin. Spore 5. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

A combination cocoa dryer and storage bin, made as much as possible from local materials, has been designed at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Nairobi, Kenya. The dryer uses charcoal and the sun. It is durable and...

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