Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Renewable energy for value added agro processing
Author(s): AG Mohod, BS Shirsat and AA Deogirikar
Abstract: Energy is essential and play vital role in agro processing industries. The energy consumption as well as employment and value added by the post harvest food (PHF) system is several times greater than the farm level activities. The total food system uses around 17-20 percent of total energy use in the economies. Limited access to energy is one of the challenges that must be overcome for small- and medium-sized agro processing enterprises to establish themselves in rural areas.
In the region, food losses are often caused by a lack of access to energy for adequate post-harvesting operations, such as drying, steaming, boiling, heating, blanching, storage and processing, as well as a lack of transportation and distribution in most of the agro processing industries. In addition, rising energy prices affect the competitiveness of existing Agri-food processing enterprises and highlight the need for the food-processing sector to reduce energy consumption.
This paper describes the importance and types of energy used in agro-food processing sector, commonly used energy intensive unit operations and their management. The scope and matrix of renewable energy technologies for agro-food processing industries were discussed.
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AG Mohod, BS Shirsat, AA Deogirikar. Renewable energy for value added agro processing. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):3122-3125.
