Research Status of Solar Energy Assisted Curing Tobacco Leaves in China

This paper briefly introduces the evolution of solar-assisted curing tobacco leaves in China,in order to provide information and reference for the relative research on solar-assisted curing.The solar energy was used by light-heat transfer in previous studies,but never been popularized and applied in tobacco curing.According to the status of infrequently use of solar energy in tobacco curing which is high energy consumption process in China,we put forward some constructive suggestions and propose to strengthen fundamental research,to control costs,and to steadily popularize the solar-assisted curing tobacco.The paper also prospects the application of solar energy assisted curing tobacco leaves,points out that we must use solar energy assisted curing tobacco leaves in China,so as to realize tobacco curing with energy saving,environment protection and lower cost.