Field-dried peanuts having 25% average moisture content have been drie
d by using a liquid desiccant drying system. This system consists of c
limate simulation subsystem, closed loop air drying subsystem, and reg
eneration subsystem. The closed loop drying subsystem used in this inv
estigation provides low temperature drying with a little increase in d
rying air temperature. Regeneration temperature, liquid desiccant conc
entration, and air flowrate in the drying subsystem have been kept unc
hanged during the experiments, but air of different humidity have been
used to regenerate the liquid desiccant. Experimental measurements of
the system performance have been carried out utilizing a new cost eff
ective desiccant mixture (CELD) which is composed of equal portions by
weight of lithium chloride and calcium chloride. The drying process h
as been performed using different climatic conditions in the regenerat
ion process. Experimental results demonstrate that drying peanuts by t
he use of a liquid desiccant system is promising.