Analyzing environmental parameters for drying of neem and moringa leaves in solar greenhouse dryer regions of southern India

The green foliage of plants plays a vital role in the Traditional Medical System(TMS). Especially neem and moringa contains rich nutrients and hence used for medicinal purpose, preserving and drying of these leaves are found to be most important. Using a solar greenhouse dryer(GHD) for this purpose reduces the cost of energy and maintains herbal’s own multifarious spectrum of constituent substances.Drying of these herbals in solar greenhouse dryer depends on the duration of sunshine hours in a particular day, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, rainfall, turbidity parameters and transmission coecients. In the above parameters, nding the longest duration sun shine hours and the best intensity rate of the sunshine are considered to be important to get better performance from the dryer. This communication throws light on the (1) Best time to start the drying process in a particular day ,month and year in GPS co-ordinates (12.2253° N, 79.0747° E) of Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu (2) Fabrication of the experimental setup of solar greenhouse dryer (3) Conducting the test for reduction of moisture up to safe limit of moisture content (4) Experimental results are to be validated with the theoretical results.


Introduction
Neem (called as Vembu in the regions of southern India)(Azadirachta indica) is the most valuable and available medicinal plant. It's mostly found in the Indian subcontinent. Due to its adorable properties and less side effects improves its therapeutic roles in disease managements. With antimicrobial effects of neem leaf (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) extract decreases the salivary bacterial count without any side effects (Pai et al., 2004). Chloroform extract (Lekshmi et al., 2012)from neem have a strong activity against the Streptococcus salivarius. Neem leaves considered (Airaodion et al., 2019)to have a powerful anti-bacterial, anti-in ammatory, antifungal, antiseptic effects, these makes the consumption of neem extract in any form (gel, powder and paste etc) treats maximum numbers of diseases(leprosy, biliousness ,eye-related problems, intestinal worms, anorexia, skin problems (skin ulcers)).It has been broadly utilized in (Alzohairy, 2016) Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Unani prescriptions worldwide particularly in Indian subcontinent in the treatment and counteractive action of different ailments. Neem leaves have vitro antiviral activity (Parida et al., 2002) provides inhibition to control the replications of Dengue virus type-2.
Moringa (Called as murungai in the region of southern India) (Moringa Oleifera) is an indigenous plant native to the countries like India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. These leaves are rich in protein, iron, vitamin C and carotenoids (Thurber & Fahey, n.d.). Moringa leaves place major role in the food industry (Folashade et al., 2017) and the medical industry (Margarita et al., 2018) due to its extended nutrition value. The pharmacological properties of the moringa leave include hepatoprotective, antifungal, anti-ulcer, anti-bacterial etc. The ne-grained powder of dried moringa leaves has its peculiar importance in Traditional Medical System(TMS). Moringa leaf powder is used to improve the (Boateng et al., 2018) blood retinol concentrations and taking fresh or dried moringa leaves satis es the nutrients needs of children(aged between 1-2 years). Table.1 having the details about the nutritive value of moringa oleifera (Sodamade et al., 2013).
Moringa and neem leaves are used as a powder (Peddi, 2018) (Boateng et al., 2018) (Lekshmi et al., 2012) in the applications of medical and food processing industries. Before we start a process of making powder from those leaves, we need to eliminate the moisture content from it, obviously this will reduce the volume and weight of the leaves. The drying process removes that moisture content from the leaves and save the product from the spoilage. Demand for the dried neem and moringa leaves in the medicinal and agriculture department is considerably increased worldwide . In the starting stage of the solar dryers, e ciency is low and drying time is high. The area of drying determines its type as open sun drying or enclosed sun drying. Open sun drying requires large open space area, and fully depends on the availability of sunshine and drying leads to contamination of foreign material such as specks of dust, litter, time-consuming and is exposed to birds. The technical development of solar dryer can proceed in two directions, rst one involves simple, low power, short life, and comparatively low-e ciency drying system and later one have high e ciency rate and drying system with extended life. Three types of drying methods are in practices, which are  direct, indirect and mixed -mode. The energy requirement is determined by the initial and nal moisture content of the product. Dryers ) based on each product has different drying rates ,allowable rates of moisture content and maximum allowable temperature.

Classi cation Of Dryers Used In Leaves Drying
Dried Stevia (Rebaudiana Bertoni) leaves contain an enormous amount of sweetening content (Castillo et al., 2018). Experimental investigation of the dehydration process of these leaves used direct (cabinet) (natural and forced convection) and indirect solar drying(tunnel type)methods. The indirect drying has high feasibility, better performance than the direct drying. Considering colorimetric analysis mainly depends on the temperature and it is the most important property that affects the tone. Mesh shadow cover integration with the dryer increases the convection yield and reduction in discoloration effects. The moisture content of Valeriana Jatamansi (Bhardwaj et al., 2019)leaves reduced from the initial value 89% to 9% in the shade dryer and solar dryer integrated with heat storage material(forced convection solar dryer) Drying of Brachypodium retusum investigated by (Vidaller, 2018), revealed the colonization patterns of the brachypodium retusum leaves. Investigation about kale(Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala) leaves drying by (Korus, 2011) obtained dried leaves by freeze and air drying method and include the process of maximizing the antioxidants and maintain the value of high vitamin c in raw kale leaves. (Ziegler , 2019) used the batch-type grate drying and (Amer et al., 2018) used integrated hybrid solar dryer for chamomile owers drying with energy-saving and cost-reducing by combined heat and power generation methods at same time. Moisture extraction in plants determined on air-side and product-side balances of mass. Java tea (Orthosiphon aristatus) and Sabah snake grass (Clinacanthus nutans Lindau) (Tham et al., 2017) were dried in a solar greenhouse dryer integrated with a heat pump. The heat pump places a vital role in the reduction of relative humidity by 10-15% and also minimizes the nonuniformity in relative humidity and drying temperature. (Selin et al., 2018) Olea europaea leaf dried in microwave drying method (Hossain et al., 2010) thyme, rosemary, marjoram ,oregano, sage and basil dried in air-, freeze-and vacuum oven-drying.
Drying investigation of Clinacanthus nutans leaves in heat pump assisted solar dryer concentrated on the method to maximize the extraction rate of orientin and vitexin. (Ng et al., 2017).They have tested the sample under the sun drying and heat pump assisted solar drying methods and under heat pump assisted solar dryer got the result as 31.14% and in sun-drying 35.84% dry-basis was the result.
Maintained the temperature as 28.1°C to 46.2°C in sun drying and 28.7°C to 48.0°C in heat pump assisted solar drying. (Rajesh, K, Karuppasazmy, 2016) were reported that the parameters considered for drying of leaves like adhatoda, Thuthuvalai, podudhalai, pallamaram (Origin-India (Tamilnadu)) in solar shade greenhouse dryer are solar intensity, mass ow rate, and two different areas slope angles (CASE-I 2m² and CASE-II 0.5m²). Experimental results provided 19% more amount of heat gained than the theoretical value .The main consideration for using a greenhouse dryer for drying reduces the open sun drying shortcomings like dust, contaminations, the problem with the product color.
Mate leaves (Ilex paraguariensis) dried in the thin-layer conveyor-belt dryer (Ilex paraguariensis) . The speed of the belt was manually adjustable and temperature inside the dryer range from 55 to 130 o C. (Premi et al., 2010) determined that the experimental setup of the electric convective dryer for moringa oleifera leaves drying (Origin-South Africa, Asia). Maintaining the air velocity at 0.5m/s reduced the moisture content from 3% (db) to 74%. Experimental studies have been found that 60 o C is the optimum one in terms of energy e ciency. Sample dried at 60 o C is found better for good color as compared to other samples dried temperatures. Moisture content in the nal state of the product was 3% (db). Dimensions of dryer used was 420 mm × 320 mm × 400 mm.
Jew's mallow, spearmint and parsley has been a part of a sample in experimental work by (Fatouh et al., 2006). Heat pump assisted dryer is used to dry these herbs. Dryer with 28 kg/m 2 load sample gives the best result at temperature 55 o C and velocity 2.7 m/s. After 2, 2.5, 5.5, 6.5, 7.5 hours the respective nal moisture content of 24.2%, 18.8%, 4.7%, 2.3% and 1.7% were attainted for the sample loaded surfaces 3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 kg/m2 in the heat pump assisted dryer. (Demir et al., 2004) used more than one dryer to determine the signi cant change in the bay leaves( Origin-Mediterranean region and Asia Minor). They found variations inside the experimental setup by make a change in temperature maintained inside the dryer. The moisture content of the bay leaves down to 10% (wb) at 60 o C can shorten the drying time about 80-140 times. They concluded that the page model was considered as a good model for bay leaves drying. They consider only the falling rate of the drying period because the initial moisture content is low. There is no signi cant change in bay leaves while dried at 60 and 40 o C. (Shaw et al., 2006)determined that the drying coriander foliage (origin-Southern Europe and Northern Africa to southwestern Asia) in the microwave dryer was faster than drying in the convective dryer. There was a signi cant change in brightness (L value) when compared with the samples dried in a microwave and convective drying, convective dryer produced higher L value. Preeminent drying rate and product quality is based on the color of the dried sample. In microwave dryer the range of 40 o C -60 o C is found to be best for drying with minimal loss of quality in drying herbs. (Bensebia & Allia, 2015)explained ve models to evaluate the temperature of the oven for proper drying of rosemary leaves (origin-Mediterranean region). They found that the drying temperature affects the drying kinetics majorly .they proved the page model was a better prediction model for oven drying. The drying was carried out in a convection oven (40, 50 and 60°C) and at ambient air drying (21°C). The calculated values of apparent moisture diffusivity were varied from 2.1 x 10-13 m 2 /s to 9.4 x 10-12 m 2 /s. The increase in temperature increases the apparent diffusivity also. (Arabhosseini et al., 2009) They took independent variables such as temperature, RH, and material (Artemisia dracunculus L) as an experimental variable for drying of Artemisia dracunculus L.(origin-Eurasia and North America,) (tarragon leaves) in Lab dryer. They have chosen the page equation instead of a diffusion equation to nd the dependency between the parameters temperature and (Relative Humidity)RH value of the material. The drying time is reduced during the process of increasing the drying temperature. Various drying equations are used to calculate the energy consumption and drying time (Janjai & Tung, 2005)they found that south-facing collector in Thailand have received higher radiation than north facing collector for Rosella ower(origin-West africa, Asian)and lemon-grasses drying. Four tests have been carried out for the rosella ower and two tests been carried out for lemon-grasses (origin-African, Australian)in the bin-type dryer. They used nal moistures of 6% (wb) for lemon-grasses and 16% (wb) for rosella owers 103 o C for 24 hrs been followed for drying. (Kaya & Aydin, 2009) experimentally proved that the drying of mint (origin-Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia)and nettle(origin-North America Europe, Asia, Northern africa) in the experimental setup which contains the drying channel, air blowing channel. When the continuous increases in both temperature and constant equilibrium relative humidity will leads to decrease the equilibrium moisture content. A continuing experimental test with invariable temperature, invariable equilibrium relative humidity, increases the equilibrium moisture content. They concluded that the increase in the drying air temperature and velocity will reduce the overall time taken for drying. At velocity 0.6m/s, time required for drying is about to 260 min and the sane is decreased from 280 that is obtained at 0.2 m/s . (Doymaz et al., 2006)they determined that within the temperature change the diffusivity values changed from 9.0 *10 -10 to 2.337 *10 -9 m2/s 6.693 *10 -10 to 1.434 *10 -9 m2/s for parsley (origin-Mediterranean region) and dill leaves(origin-unknown). Among all models, the Midilli and Kucuk model are considered as a best model to execute. (50, 60 and 70 o C) these three air temperatures were chosen for drying, constant material weight also maintained. 60 o C was the optimum temperature for leaves drying (Mohamed et al., 2005)they had selected indirect forced convection solar dryer for drying Citrus aurantium leaves (origin-southeast Asia). They concluded that temperature was the main factor that in uences the drying kinetic among all the thin layer model. The initial moisture content of the Citrus aurantium leaves ranged from the percentage of 0.975 to 1.584 kg water/ kg dry matter and after it was reduced, which varies from 0.1576 to 0.2475 kg water per kg dry matter. They found that the Midilli-Kucuk drying model was the best one for Citrus aurantium leaves drying curves. (Hassanain & others, 2011) they introduced that Unglazed perforated passive solar dryer for sage leaves(origin-Mediterranean region) drying. Extracting essential oil was the major condition for drying. They used UV protected polyethylene, to build the greenhouse dryer. Three types of drying conditions were followed those are (i).Fully direct sun-rays.(ii)half direct sun rays and half shadow (iii).0% sun rays achieved through barn dryer .Temperature and relative humidity considered as important parameters in this study. Table.2 having a comparative analysis of various leaves drying and methods used. (Gulia et al., 2010)determined that aloe vera(origin-Arabian Peninsula ) dried in hot air oven dryer, the temperature increased from 50 to 80 o C, the humidity content decreased from 10.6 to 1.7. The temperatures 50, 60, 70 and 80 o C were maintained to improve the pH level of the drying sample.

Why greenhouse dryer for leaves drying?
From the above mentioned studies leaves which is used in medicinal purpose collected and dried . As we discussed earlier due to rain ,contamination and insects, etc. (Taylor et al., 2013) can induce a sustainable loss in open sun drying. Design of the greenhouse dryer de nes the performance of the setup. Greenhouse dryer with natural convection method is suitable for the products having low moisture content (Singh et al., 2016). Clean energy utilization of the greenhouse dryer extend it usage in all domain (Kant et al., 2016). Leaves dried in greenhouse dryer having superior quality and color when compared to open sun drying . Drying of neem and moringa leaves takes place in solar greenhouse dryer with natural convection method.

Dryer setup location details
Medium scale experimental solar greenhouse dryer setup was located in the coordinates (12.2253° N, 79.0747° E) of Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu, India. The climate of this co ordinates is Tropical. In this (GHD) the structure is fully covered by polyethylene made up of wooden material. Polyethylene cover is used to trap the solar radiation. Greenhouse dryer maintains the temperature greater than the surrounding temperature it helps to dry the herbals safely and effectively (1.5 m x 1.0 m x 1.07 m) Length*Width*Height). Perforated stable tray with the size of 15 mesh tray with a dimension (1.5 m x 1.0 m), The Slope angle (β) of the setup is 20°, and the thickness of GH cover(t) is 2 mm. Figure 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d,1e shows grenhouse dryer 3D view, tray structure, experimental view, tray structure (photograhic view ), photographic view of the experimental dryer setup respectively.

Dryer sample collection
Dryer samples include neem and moringa leaves. These samples are collected in the tropical region of Tamilnadu, Tiruvannamalai. The stem and owers of the samples are removed. Leaves are only considered as a dryer sample based on the design constraints, the developed solar collector can handle up to a mass of 500 grams of neem and moringa leaves, owing to design constraints. The drying process of those herbals fully depends on solar energy . Inside this greenhouse dryer, solar energy is trapped and it is been circulated inside the dryer setup by convection process of the air molecules. So moderate temperature is maintained inside the greenhouse dryer setup for drying herbals.
3.3. Instruments/Equipment's used in experimental work.
Weighing machine with high precision is used in this experiment to measure the high precision values.
High precision weight measuring machine with the model name of Kea-20 kgm made by atlas was used for weighing purposes with accuracy 2 g. The solar intensity was measured with the help of a Pyranometer (Lux meter) (model name UNI-T UT383) made by AmiciSense with accuracy ± 0.5W/m 2 . Temperature and humidity were measured by thermo-hygrometer manufactured by HTC Instrument with model name 103-CTH and having error analysis of ± 0.5 o C, ± 3%. Wind speed was measured by amiciSense GM816 Pocket LCD digital anemometer air wind speed gauge. Table 3 includes the actual images and speci cations of the instruments used in the present work.

Error analysis
During experimentation, the event of blunder was because of the following (Karthickeyan, 2019) conditions like ill-advised alignment of equipment, working condition, ecological condition, perception, exactness, and accuracy of equipments and so on. Vulnerability examination demonstrated by accuracy of measurements.
The temperature of the room air considered as the most sensitive parameter of greenhouse dryer (Chauhan & Kumar, 2016) . Need to combine the internal uncertainty percentage with external uncertainty percentage. Therefore, uncertainty of present equipment used was calculated as ±19.57, in which internal was ±19.53 and external was ±0.4.

Finding a suitable environmental parameter for drying
As we said earlier the parameters considered to get better drying coe cient for the study are Duration of sunshine hours in a particular day, Atmospheric pressure, Air temperature, Relative humidity, Wind speed, Rainfall.
The duration of the sunshine hours depends on solar radiant exposure. Fig.2, shows the mean monthly solar radiant exposure in Tiruvannamalai, according to the survey by Indian Meteorological Department during the year 2009. Tiruvannamalai is the place which is been selected as a location to set up a solar greenhouse dryer.
Considering March, April, May those three months having the highest solar radiant exposure. April month is chosen as the best month to get the highest drying rate in solar greenhouse dryer setup. Fig.3, includes the details of the average radiant exposure in the month of April. Once we chose April month for testing the samples for drying after need to nd out which are the days in the months have the highest mean radiant exposure. This plot explained that merely 20 days in April month have a highest radiant exposure.
Considering the humidity variations in April month is well taken to provide a way to nd the acurate days to get better temperature deviations. April month gives better result than the other months.In the month of April merely more than 20 days having considerably low humidity. Fig.4, showing this details on humidity change in April month and this is a mean value of whole single day. In this plot starting days of the month having high humidity but the countinuos 20 days having constant low humidity percentage, this is the better condition to improve the drying rate of the dryer in a particular time period. This mean atmospheric humidity calculated during 9 am to 12 am.
The humidity is indirect proportional to the temperature change. Decrease in humidity will affect the temperature value, so it automatically increases. Starting days (1 st day to 20 th day) of the month having low humidity so the temperature value will be high. Fig.5, having the relationship between the temperature and humidity dataplot.
From the above data plots (Fig.5), increase the probability of choosing April is the, moderate month to carry over the drying test in Tiruvannamalai.

Drying Methodology
In this solar greenhouse dryer , the polyethylene cover is used as the roof top material to close the dryer setup, and is shown in Fig.1. The gures 6, 7, 8 and 9 gives a view on the drying process of moringa and neem leaves in solar greenhouse dryer. This images showcaes the quality of the products in pre and post drying process this quality obtained by maintaining the allowable temperature(35 to 40 o C) inside the dryer will retain the minerals and proteins in the leaves. East-west orientation is followed in the greenhouse dryer setup. Evolving the best slope angle place major role in the process of getting moderate solar irradiance inside the solar greenhouse dryer. Table 3 and 4 elaborated the information about the solar irradiance variations with respect to slope angle.
The herbal sample was kept in the tray situated inside the greenhouse dryer. After three hours interval the observation was taken for the dried leaves inside the dryer. Rate of moisture removal calculated from the difference of mass of leaves between two succeeding times 9 am to 12 am, 12 am to 3 pm, and 3 pm to 6 pm. So as to get exact results, the experimentation system was repeated multiple times for each test naturally collected fresh neem and moringa leaves samples of a similar size (i.e., neem leaves with length~= 600 mm and thickness~=0.01 mm and moringa leaves with length~= 250 mm and thickness~=0.01 mm) on back to back days at the equivalent timing. The underlying mass of leaves sample for each experiment of drying was kept steady (i.e., 200 g). The average convective heat transfer co-e cient for the neem and moringa leaves during drying is 1.

4.1.Relationship between the environmental parameters with respect to time
The better performance in solar greenhouse dryer depends on the environmental parameters, includes the particular testing area's temperature, humidity, pressure and wind speed. All these parametric values depend on the time duration of the sunlight, and standard time in that particular area. This clock time is considered as the major criteria to obtain better result in dryer and Fig.10, includes the relationship between the average values of temperature,humidity, pressure,wind speed in Tiruvannamalai during April month from 9 am to 12 am. Fig.11 includes the details over the Relationship between the average Values of temperature, humidity, pressure,wind speed in Tiruvannamalai during April month from 3 pm to 6 pm.
From Fig.10, it shows that the average value of temperature, pressure ,wind speed and humidity at Tiruvannamalai during April month from 9 am to 12 am are as follows, The speci cation of the experimental test setup, assumptions for calculation using above equations and the characteristics of drying products are de ned already in this work. This values are referred with standard journals.

5.1.Samples heat gain ratio
The dryer analysis of solar greenhouse dryer depends on the slope angle decides the heat gain for the sample which is being used inside the solar greenhouse dryer. Table 4 and Table 5 have the data regarding moringa and neem leaves heat gain ratio respectively. Finding best slope angle for the dryer setup includes the continuous angle change in slope angle during the dryer test and for the average heat transfer co-e cient 1.41(W/m2 °C). Samples heat gain values for respective slope angle with heat gain is tabulated and plotted with graph in Table 4 and Fig. 13. From gures 13 and 14, the heat gain in both the samples (neem and moringa ) are found to be high in during 12 am to 3pm with dryer assisted slope angle at 20°S imilarly solar green house dryer has been designed to dry (Rajesh, K, Karuppasazmy, 2016) adhatoda, thuthuvalai, podudhalai, pallamaram leaves with improved heat gain was calculated as (182.68W).

5.2.Moisture removal rate in samples:
Main purpose of this solar greenhouse dryer is to remove moisture content in neem and moringa leaves with maximum e ciency. By improving the e ciency of the dryer, samples are spread in the form of thin layer this leads to equal distribution of solar irradiance inside the greenhouse dryer. With the previous discussions April month in Tiruvannamalai is best month to get the better drying result in dryer and also 12 am to 3 pm is the best time to get maximum temperature and maximum moisture removal rate (%). So the test was taken place in April month. Table 7, describes the moisture removal rate in moringa leaves from 9 am to 12 am ,12 am to 3 pm and 3 pm to 6 pm. From this data the moisture removal rate (%) during 12 am to 3 pm is found to be high .This is because during that time the temperature is high and humidity is low this leads to better moisture removal rate. Table 6 describes the moisture removal rate in neem leaves during the times 9 am to 12 am ,12 am to 3 pm and 3 pm to 6 pm. From this data table ,12 am to 3 pm is the best time to dry a sample with high moisture removal rate (%).Similarly lemon grass (Janjai & Tung, 2005) , Jatamansi (Bhardwaj et al., 2019) leaves and Clinacanthus nutans leaves (Ng et al., 2017) has been dried using bin type drying ,mesh shadow drying and sun drying respectively to reduce the moisture content and the moisture removal rate was reported as 89 % to 9% ,35.84 % (db), 6 % (wb) respectively.
As we discussed earlier among all the months considered, April month is the suitable month to dry the leaves like neem and moringa and this should be take place in 12 am to 3 pm. So far the main theme of this communication is said deeply through the previous data tables and plots. From those data tables and data plots we understood that in Thiruvannamalai which month has a highest radiant exposure, highest temperature,lowest humidity and which duration of sunshine hour will give better result for dryer setup.
From Fig.15 and Fig.16, is known about the Moisture Removal Rate (%) for 6 samples in 6 days with same quantity. The samples are tested in April month at Tiruvannamalai in different time slots like 9 am to 12 am ,12 am to 3pm and 3pm to 6 pm. Rate of moisture removal calculated from the difference of mass of leaves between two succeeding times 9 am to 12 am, 12 am to 3 pm, and 3pm to 6 pm. This test was conducted for both neem leaves and moringa leaves sepearately. From that data plot, the highest moisture removal rate is obtained during 12 am to 3 pm for both neem and moringa leaves. From both data table and plot we understood that comparativly noon hours(12 am to 3 pm) have highest moisture removal rate for neem (82.93 %) and moringa leaves (83.43%). But during forenoon and evening hours like 9 am to 12 am and 3pm to 6pm having lowest removal rate (34 % and 47%) for neem and (34% and 47%) for moringa leaves.

Conclusion
In this proposed work, the performance evaluation of loaded solar greenhouse dryer under natural convection mode has been with neem and moringa leaves. The e ciency of the dryer depends on the duration of sunshine hours in a particular day, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, rainfall etc. Solar dryers are used to dry agricultural products, herbs and marine products etc.
Improving dryer e ciency includes nding a proper place for setting up a dryer with proper environmental setups. Using dryer setup during the month of April at Tiruvannamalai(12.2253° N, 79.0747° E) will improve the dryer for drying neem and moringa leaves.
Analyzing and selecting suitable leaves for particular tropical area and environmental parameters gives a better result.
Drying takes place during 12 am to 3 pm will also improve the dryer moisture removal rate.
Introducing the heat pump assisted solar greenhouse dryer will improve the performance and e ciency of the dryer.
Comparatively noon hours have highest moisture removal rate (82.93 %) for neem and for moringa leaves (83.43%). But during forenoon and evening hours like 9 am to 12 am and 3pm to 6pm having lowest moisture removal rate (34 % and 47%) for neem and (34% and 47%) for moringa leaves   (Gulia et al., 2010)