Journal of Progressive Agriculture

Preservation was an important in fisheries sector due to the short shelf life of fish. When the preservation was done by the non-conventional energy source such as solar energy, then it is very useful to reduce the global warming. It also reduce the increasing conventional energy demand around globe. The comparison of the conventional and nonconventional energy sources for fish preservation was done to find out the energy conservation and management strategies. Solar energy was used as a non-conventional energy source which was compared with the conventional electricity in the case of fish drying. Energy consumption at the end of drying was calculated with both conventional and non-conventional energy sources. The results revealed even though the drying rate of both the dryers are almost same, power consumption of solar dryer was very low than electrical drying and the payback period for solar with electrical backup is very less than electrical dryer.