General objectives:
Research and complete the equipment and process of drying some agricultural products and medicinal herbs with high economic value using heat pumps with a heating support system using renewable energy sources and the process of processing soursop tea, ginseng; health protection food from soursop fruit extract combined with some other medicinal herbs; technology transfer; support for startups in Dak Lak province.
Specific objectives:
- Completed design and manufacturing of drying equipment using heat pumps with heating support systems using biomass and solar energy, capable of drying a variety of agricultural products and medicinal herbs; reducing energy costs compared to drying equipment using heat pumps and heating support using thermal resistors.
- Develop drying processes for some typical agricultural and medicinal products with high economic value (mango, soursop, sliced turmeric, sliced ginseng root, ginseng leaves);
- Complete the process of processing soursop and ginseng tea; trial production of soursop and ginseng tea and some mixed medicinal herbs to make health protection food to restore health and lose weight).
+ Develop a process for producing tea from soursop, ginseng, lotus leaves, and noni fruit.
+ Research on the mixing ratio to create instant tea and health protection food in hard capsule form from soursop extract, ginseng extract, noni fruit extract, lotus leaf extract to support weight loss.
- Perfecting the technological process of processing health protection foods from synthetic extracts from soursop combined with some other medicinal herbs.
- Support start-up for 01 enterprise or business household in Dak Lak province.

-    About science results:
+ Completed the design and manufacturing of a drying equipment using a heat pump with a heating support system using biomass and solar energy, capable of drying a variety of agricultural products and medicinal herbs; reducing energy costs compared to drying equipment using a heat pump and heating support using a thermal resistor by 13.3%;
+ Developed drying processes for some typical agricultural and medicinal products with high economic value (mango, soursop, sliced turmeric, sliced ginseng root, ginseng leaves);
+ Complete the process of processing soursop and ginseng tea; test production of soursop and ginseng tea and some mixed medicinal herbs to make health protection food to restore health and lose weight.
-    About the application results:
+ Supported 01 start-up business household (Tri Uyen medicinal agricultural products business household)
+ Tested drying of 05 types of agricultural products/medicinal herbs and 01 type of tea bag, 01 type of tablet as health protection support food.

-    Complete the design and manufacture of a drying equipment using a heat pump with a heating support system using biomass and solar energy, capable of drying a variety of agricultural products and medicinal herbs; reducing energy costs compared to drying equipment using a heat pump and heating support using a thermal resistor.
-    Developed 05 drying processes for some typical agricultural and medicinal products with high economic value (mango, soursop, sliced turmeric, sliced ginseng root, ginseng leaves)
-    Completing the process of processing soursop and ginseng tea; trial production of soursop and ginseng tea and some mixed medicinal herbs to make health protection food to restore health and lose weight.

-    Published papers (list): 02
+ 01 international article: Heat Pump Technology for Drying Mango Product in Dak Lak province, Vietnam. The article was published in a peer-reviewed international journal: International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management (IJAEM) Volume 6, Issue 05 May 2024, pp: 385-387 www.ijaem.net ISSN: 2395-5252
https://ijaem.net/issue_dcp/Heat%20Pump%20Technology%20for%20Drying%20Mango%20Productin%20Dak%20Lak%20province,%20Vietnam.pdf .
+ 01 domestic article (The paper is replaced by an international paper): Heat Pump Technologies for Drying Agricultural Products and Medicinal Herbs: A Review. The paper was published in a peer-reviewed international journal: International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management (IJAEM) Volume 6, Issue 04 Apr. 2024, pp: 947-951 www.ijaem.net ISSN: 2395-5252
-    Patents, utility solutions (list): 01 exclusive patent: PRODUCTION PROCESS OF ANTIOXIDANT FLAVOROID MIXTURE FROM ANNONA MURICATA, Decision to accept valid application No. 69405/QD-SHTT issued by the Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Science and Technology on June 10, 2024
-    Specific products (product description, where to store)
c.    Drying equipment using heat pump with heating support from renewable energy sources. Equipment name: Drying equipment IES-TN-2024
Table 1. Technical parameters of the IES-TN-2024 drying equipment system.  

The system has been installed and operated at the Buon Ma Thuot Center for Science and Technology Application (Group 9, Tan Loi Ward, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province), under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. This system is kept by the Institute of Energy Science.The system has been installed and operated at the Buon Ma Thuot Center for Science and Technology Application (Group 9, Tan Loi Ward, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province), under Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. This system is kept by the Institute of Energy Science.

c.    Agricultural drying products and processing of filter bag tea and capsules
Table 2. Agricultural drying products and processing of filter bag tea and capsules

-    The filter bag tea product has been announced by Tri Uyen Business Household for product standards and has been registered with the Ministry of Health.
-    The Naburn Detox capsule product has been announced by Tri Uyen Business Household for product standards. This product has been registered with the Ministry of Health.
-    The products listed in Table 2 have been fully evaluated and accepted by the Provincial Acceptance Evaluation Council (Dak Lak Province) in terms of quantity, type, and weight compared to the order (with attached minutes)
-    Other products (if any)
(8)    A set of drawings for the design and manufacture of heat pump drying equipment with heating support from renewable energy sources.
The set of drawings ensures that the requirements of the set of manufacturing drawings on specifications, and drawing content to process and manufacture.
(9)    Basic standards for 05 types of selected agricultural products for drying (soursop, mango, sliced turmeric, sliced ginseng root, ginseng leaves)
-    Ensure humidity within the limit <=13% for agricultural products; medicinal herbs
-    Not contaminated with harmful microorganisms, molds harmful to health
-    Retain maximum vitamin content in dried products
(10)    05 drying processes for 05 types of agricultural products, medicinal herbs (mango (Softened dried), soursop, sliced turmeric, ginseng leaves, sliced ginseng root)
Ensure specifications and content accurately reflect research results and current regulations on food hygiene and safety standards)
(11)    Basic standards for soursop tea, ginseng and other types of concentrated products (in capsules) and the Ministry of Health's Food Safety Registration Acceptance Document
-    Ensure compliance with standards according to the Institute-level facility assessment council.
-    Ensure compliance with procedures and food safety registration accepted by the Ministry of Health (Product quality declaration accepted by the Ministry of Health)
(12)    Process of processing soursop tea, ginseng; Process of processing hard capsules from soursop extract, ginseng leaves, noni fruit and lotus leaves;
Ensure specifications and content accurately reflect research results and current regulations on food hygiene and safety standards
(13)    Technical guidance documents and technology transfer for drying and processing processes (mango, soursop, sliced turmeric, ginseng leaves, sliced ginseng roots) for localities
Ensure specifications and content accurately reflect research results and current regulations on food hygiene and safety standards
(14)    Supported 01 start-up business in Dak Lak province
    Tri Uyen organic agricultural processing business household received support, absorbed and applied the drying process of 05 types (mango, soursop, sliced turmeric, leaves/roots of Polyscias fruticosa); supported in registering product labels for 2 products: Softened Mango and filter bag tea.