. The system was operated in two modes, sunshine hours and off sunshine hours, and drying experiments were conducted with and without the integration of desiccant unit was also investigated and the results showed that the inclusion of reflective mirror on the desiccant bed causes faster regeneration of the desiccant material. An indirect forced convection and desiccant integrated solar dryer, consisting of a flat-plate solar air collector, drying chamber and a desiccant unit, was designed and fabricated by Shanmugam and Natarajan to investigate its performance under the hot and humid climatic conditions of Chennai, India, with green peas.