date-created: '2014-02-02'
date-updated: '2026-01-08'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
    email: admin@appropedia.org
title: 'Bayside Park Farm/Solar dehydrator'
description: "To allow for the preservation of the Bayside Park Farm's excess crops, a solar dehydrator was implemented in 2009 by a previous Engr305 Appropriate Technology class. Dehydrating food is an especially important process for farms because it allows them to maintain their livelihood (food) for the long term. However, after problems with adequately drying produce, the dehydrator fell into disuse and was ultimately removed from the property. We were asked to build an effective, educational follow-up to the initial dehydrator."
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    - 'appropriate technology'
    - budget
    - constraints
    - criteria
    - design
    - drying
    - 'drying tray'
    - elevation
    - 'forced convection dryers'
    - 'heat chamber'
    - 'natural convection dryers'
    - 'passive solar technology'
    - 'Solar dehydrator'
    - prototype
    - 'solar absorber'
    - lumber
    - '30 gallon trash bag'
    - 'plexiglass sheet'
    - 'stainless steel'
    - L-braces
    - 'velcro pad'
    - 'pine plank'
    - 'wood screws'
    - 'wood tacks'
    - wire
    - screws
    - nuts
project-link: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Bayside_Park_Farm/Solar_dehydrator'
contact:
    name: 'User:Dki4'
    social:
        platform: Appropedia
        user-handle: 'User:Dki4'
version: 186
development-stage: Deployed
made: false
image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/7/7e/Park_dehydrator.JPG'
variant-of:
    title: Dehydrator
    web: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Dehydrator'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
licensor:
    name: 'User:Dki4'
    affliation: 'Bayside Park Farm'
    contact: 'https://www.appropedia.org/User:Dki4'
documentation-home: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Bayside_Park_Farm/Solar_dehydrator'
documentation-language: en