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This paper deals with the construction and performance of a solar powered drying system consisting of a solar air heater and a drying chamber. The thermal efficiencies of both the solar air heater and the drying section as a function of typical physical parameters and the experimental results for different food products at different air flow rates are discussed. The results of this study indicate that the present drying system has thermal efficiencies between 0.3 and 0.8 during drying experiments and that the higher flow rates increase the overall drying performance and especially efficiency.