抄録
Sanriku coastal regions were severely damaged by the earthquake on March 11, 2011. Iwate university efforts to promote reconstruction of marine products industry in this region by supports of the Japanese government. In this study, the aim is improvement of the efficiency on kelp drying process which is one of fabrication process of kelp which is one of the main products of the Sanriku coast, and it was investigated by computing thermo-fluid dynamics in the drying facility. It was clarified that most of the heat is discharged from exhaust fan which is necessary to discharge steam from kelp among drying and the heat distribution is non-uniform.
