Moringa Leaf Drying Process

Moringa is widely grown in tropical regions such as Southeast Asia and Africa. It has a long history of consumption. It is rich in nutrition and comprehensive. Moringa is considered one of the most nutritious plants ever discovered.

Moringa leaves have many benefits to the human body, and can be used as both food and medicine. The deep processing of moringa leaves has a very good development prospect in the world and has a large market. So how to drying the moringa leaf? Next, I will share two ways of drying moringa leaf. One is to use the traditional sun drying method, and the other is to use professional machine to dry moringa leaves.

The traditional sun drying method

Step 1. Wash the moringa leaf and select the ones with poor quality during the washing process.
Step 2. Then cut the moringa leaves and place them evenly on the tray. Do not stack them too much to affect the drying effect.
Step 3. Place the tray in the sun for 2-3 days. Make sure there is no wind and rain to avoid contamination of Moringa leaves.
This traditional method of drying moringa leaf is economical and does not require any investment. However, because the drying effect is greatly affected by the environment and is not easy to control and even defective moringa leaf may appear. What’s more, the traditional drying process is time-consuming and labor-consuming, and drying moringa leaves requires a huge space, if you want to dry moringa leaves in large quantities, it is recommended that you use a professional moringa leaf drying machine.

The professional machine drying moringa leaves

The moringa leaf dryer used are different according to the output of moringa leaf and the needs of customers. Moringa leaf dryers are generally divided into three types: moringa leaf drying room, mesh belt moringa leaf dryer and moringa leaf all-in-one machine. Next, I will share these three moringa leaf dryers for you.

Moringa leaf drying room

If we use the moringa leaf drying room, the equipment is equipped with a small cart with a tray and a tray rack. When we dry the moringa leaf, we lay the moringa leaf in the tray, put it on the tray rack of the cart, and then push it into the moringa leaf drying room for drying. 
The heat source of the moringa leaf drying room is air. The heat in the air is absorbed by the heat pump compressor. After compression and release, a large amount of high-temperature hot air can be obtained, so as to realize the continuous and uniform drying and processing of moringa leaf. 

Advantages of moringa leaf drying room

1 Wide application. Suitable for vegetable, fruit, seafood, spice etc different kinds of material.
2 High drying capacity. Each hour can drying 3-4kg water.
3 Better drying effect. Can better keep material shape , color , nutrition etc.
4 Simple operating. PLC touch screen control panel , can set up temperature, humidity in advance  
5 Low energy consumption. Heat pump system, can save 70% energy.

Mesh belt moringa leaf dryer machine

Next, I will introduce you to the moringa leaf mesh belt dryer machine. 
If we are using a mesh belt type moringa leaf dryer machine, then this equipment has a wide range of heat sources, such as coal heating, gas heating, steam heating, biomass pellet heating, or electric heating. It is a multi-layer continuous drying structure. When drying the moringa leaf, we only need to put the moringa leaf slices at the feed inlet, and the moringa leaf slices will enter the dryer along with the feeding conveyor for drying.
The moringa leaves are dried and dehydrated layer by layer from top to bottom. The drying speed is fast and the production efficiency is high. It is very suitable for the drying and processing of large quantities of moringa leaves.

3. All-in-one dryer machine

Its drying principle is the same as that of the moringa leaf dryer room. If we use the moringa leaf all-in-one dryer machine, the machine is equipped with a trolley with tray and tray rack. When drying moringa leaf, we put it in a tray, put it on the tray rack of the cart, and then push it into the moringa leaf drying room for drying. 
The heat source of moringa leaf all-in-one dryer is air. The heat in the air is absorbed by the heat pump compressor. After compression and release, a large amount of high-temperature hot air can be obtained, so as to realize the continuous and uniform drying and processing of moringa leaf.
The operation of this all-in-one drying equipment is relatively simple, and drying can be carried out only by plugging in the power supply. 

Advantages of moringa leaf all-in-one dryer machine

1. Stainless steel 304 material. The whole machine uses stainless steel material, can work a long time, and keep better heat preservation, bottom have wheeler, can move easily.
2. Great energy saving. Heat pump system design, low energy consumption, can save 75% energy than traditional electricity element heating.
3. Wide application easy operation. Fit for wide application, seafood, fruit, vegetable, spice, herbs, etc all can use it to dry.
4. Gentle drying. Temperature range 40-80°C, low temperature dehydrate processing can better keep material nutrition, during drying, no need to move the machine.

How to choose a suitable moringa leaf dryer machine

Having learned about the above three kinds of moringa leaf dryers, let me introduce you how to choose a moringa leaf dryer suitable for you.
First of all, it depends on our demand for moringa leaf processing. For large output, use a moringa leaf mesh belt dryer. Generally, the output of a moringa leaf mesh belt dryer is 300-2000kg/h. For small output, the output of a heat pump dring room is 100-5000kg/batch. The output of all-in-one moringa leaf dryer is the smallest, only 100-1500kg per batch. It is suitable for agricultural plants or small processing plants. Oven length and mesh belt layers can be customized. We can choose and match them reasonably according to our own processing requirements.

These are the two ways of drying moringa leaf explained by Baixin machinery company for you. Do you want to start a moringa leaf business? If you want to know more professional questions about drying moringa leaf, please feel free to contact us online!

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