Djilemo Oven

The combustion chamber is made up of bricks like a house, a metal sheet, and a chimney. It has an opening on the back, perpendicular to the entrance of the chimney, where the fresh air is preheated. A grill separates the combustion chamber from the drying chamber.

The drying chamber is made from a three layer wall: the exterior layer is made of plywood, the middle layer has insulation, and the inside has an aluminum sheet. Inside the chamber there are 10 racks distributed in two columns. Each rack is 10 cm apart from the other. The chamber has two doors to place the drying trays in the racks. On the top the chamber has an outlet for water-saturated air that is produce during the drying process.

The wood-burning fireplace heats the iron sheath which radiates and emits heat. Trapped in the air heating cell, this energy will be used to heat the very humid fresh air. This air then passes through the products stored on the racks where it is charged again with water before exiting through the discharge outlet. As the hot air passes through the product it dehydrates it progressively. The trays should be interchanged during the drying process to allow homogenization of quality of the product.

Product technical data

User must clean the racks and combustion chamber.

Lifetime of approximately 5 years

Unknown

Handling hot trays poses minor burning risks.