cross-flowand introduced at the side of the dryer rather than at the end The trucks may be in a single line down the length of the dryer or in double mws, side by side Access doors are fitted to both ends of the dryer and the design is modular so that the drying compartment can be extended to meet throughput demands, within certain limits stoves and 12 trucks in double formation, ie, 6 pairs side by side. The stoves were used in tandem, the firststove providing the hot zone, then a space was provided for the two end trucks to be removed for riffling'over the semi dried onion on the trays, prior to moving both trucks into a second stove operating at a lower temperatuxe As two trucks moved from the hot stove to the cool stove, two freshly loaded trucks were entered into the hot stove and two trucks wereremoved at the end of the cycleat the cool end. The total installation, therefore, comprised six stoves divided into three pairs, in other words, three dryers each with hot and cool drying zones The trucks carried 30 trays measuring 13mmby 813mmby 5lmm deep and each tray was loaded with 5kg of prepared onion. A 30 minute cycle was used for each pair of stoves, and in 24 hours 4 complete charges per dry unit of two stoves enabled some 43 tons of preparedonion to be handled This equated with 6 tons of dry onion, after conditioning Stove dryer showing fans and heater lourescross-flow and introduced at the side of the dryer rather than at the end. The trucks may be in a single line down the length of the dryer or in double mws, side by side. Access doors are fitted to both ends of the dryer and the design is modular so that the drying compartment can be extended to meet throughput demands, within certain limits. An onion dehydration installation regularly visited in Egypt utilised 6 stoves and 12trucks in double formation, ie, 6 pairs side by side. The stoves were used in tandem, the first stove providing the hot zone, then a space was provided for the two end trucks to be removed for ‘riffling’ over the semi dried onion on the trays, prior to moving both trucks into a second stove operating at a lower temperatuxe. As two trucks moved from the ‘hot‘ stove to the ‘cool’ stove, two freshly loaded trucks were entered into the hot stove and two trucks were removed at the end of the cycle at the cool end. The total installation, therefore, comprised six stoves divided into three pairs, in other words, three dryers each with hot and cool drying zones. The trucks carried 30 trays measuring 813mm by 813mm by 5lmm deep and each tray was loaded with 5kg of prepared onion. A 30 minute cycle was used for each pair of stoves, and in 24 hours 4 complete charges per drying unit of two stoves enabled some 43 tons of preparedonion to be handled. This equated with 6 tons of dry onion, after conditioning. Stove dryer showingfans and heater lourves 66