How To Dry Copra/Dehydrate Copra In a Dehydrator

   Copra is the processed, dried kernel of copra utilized in the extraction of copra oil. Copra is utilized for a variety of purposes. It is used as food as it an important source of nutrients including proteins, vitamins, and minerals. Hot pressing the copra yields a low-melting oil that has a melting point of 23 degrees Celsius. This oil can be used in cooking and as a raw material for preparing hair oils, shampoos, detergents, margarine, and more. The residual material, known as copra cake, is a valuable concentrated feed for livestock. One copra palm nut can yield around 80-500 g of copra.This has made copra an important agricultural commodity for many copra-producing countries.so how to dry copra will be important and Baixin Mechanical Equipment Company which provide the best drying solution will explain in the following:  

1.How to dry copra quickly? 

   Copra is produced by drying the copra kernel. The copra quality is strongly dependant on the drying techniques. Inadequate drying gives rise to the growth of alfatoxins and affects the amount of copra oil that can be derived from a nut.

Oven drying

1)Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius).
2)Use a 3/8 inch (9.5 mm) drill bit to drill the copra through the eye. Pour copra water into a plate or cup. The water should be clear. Cloudy or colored water means copra is bad. If necessary, you can discard the water or drink it.
3)Put copra directly on the shelf of preheating oven. Heat the copra for 20 minutes.
4)Take the copra out of the oven and wrap it in a towel to make a bag. Hold the end of the towel to keep the copra stable, and beat the copra several times with a hammer to break it.
5)Use a powerful knife, such as a peeling knife, to pry the copra meat out of the copra. Meat may have a thin brown skin, starting from where it touches shells. Remove skin with vegetable peeler.
6)Reduce the oven temperature to 250 degrees Fahrenheit (121 degrees Celsius).
7)Copra slices are chopped in a food processor and then spread on biscuit slices. Dry the copra in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
8)Cool and transfer the dried copra to a sealed container. Store copras in a cool and dry place.

Dehydrating

1)Break copras with a hammer.
2)Peel off the internal organs of copra.
3)Grind the meat with a cheese grater. Use the rough side of the grater.
4)If you want the dried copra to be a little sweet, you can choose to put some sugar (1-2 teaspoons) on it.
5)Dehydrate at 135 degrees Fahrenheit for about 8 hours.
6)Bag dried copras. Use sealed containers or sealed resealable bags.

 

2.How to dry copra in large quantities? 

 To dry copra in large quantities, it is not enough to use the method at home.In order to get large quantities of dried crops, it must use the heat pump copra dryer or the multi-layer mesh belt copra drying machine to finish. The machine with advanced technology can saved a lots of drying time and make more profit for the customer. 
  Heat pump copra dryer or the multi-layer mesh belt copra drying machine can be also used for drying copra. Normally the copra can be dried at a low temperature to keep the color and the favor of it. The copra heat pump dryer adopts the principle of reversed Carnot cycle, absorbs the heat energy in the environment, and is upgraded to high-temperature heat energy by the heat pump. The drying time for the heat pump dryer will be about 15 hours, but the time for a continuous mesh belt machine will be about 2-4 hours. The mesh belt dryer is a continuous production drying equipment heated by electric heating, steam heating, and gas heating. The steel mesh is used as the conveying belt to carry materials for continuous drying. The drying time also depends on the cutting size of copra. Normally the coconuts can be cut to slice or the coconut scrape. 

Dehydrate copra in a dehydratore/Rcommendation of copra drying machine  

1.The first method:copra heat pump dryer
Household Commercial All-in-one drying equipment without installation for any material

   Drying essence is take moisture away, but takes away the moisture temperature is not the most critical factor. The key for drying is depending on relative humidity within certain space, Baixin Company took advantage of the dry essence, originality developed a "Closed Cycle" dryer, changed the traditional heat pump dryer "bake" to "dehumidifier”. Its several advantages were unmatched by the traditional heat pump dryer.
   Baixin Food Dehydrator has a compact structure, great energy-saving, wide application, high drying quality, easy operation, simple installation and removable. it is the best drying equipment for small firms, drying experiment and scientific research. The users only connect the power to use, is the easiest operation heat pump dryer.

2:The second method:copra continuous mesh belt drying machine
Large amount of dehydration 200-5000kg/h copra drying machine continuous automatic work easy operation

Copra Dryer Machine is a kind of continuous production drying equipment, the main heating way has electric heating, steam heating, hot air heating. Its main working principle is to spread the material evenly in the network. The material is moved in the dryer by the operation of the machine, and the hot air draws out the water vapor of the material. so as to achieve the purpose of drying.
The operation temperature is 40-120 degree centigrade. And the dry cycle is 1-5 hours.

Advantage of continuous mesh belt dehydrator/drying machine 
1:Applicable：food series, vegetable series, fruit series, pharmaceutical series, agricultural and sideline products of large-scale continuous dehydration drying.
2:Output：200-3000kg/h
3:Drying time:0.5h-5h
4:Heat source: Coal,wood chips,natural gas,diesel,propane,electricity etc.
5:Core advantages:Fast dehydration，Continuous automatic work, high output, wide application for food vegetable fruit drying ,Flexible mobility,simple or without installation，small area occupy，no workshop required
 Copra drying video：