Efficient solar drying techniques: a review

PK Jangde, A Singh, TV Arjunan - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
… medium and then supplied to the drying chamber for heating … painted black and front pass
air flow arrangement. Cesar et al… drying cabinet and a heat exchanger to transfer heat with the …

Improvement of the thermal performance of solar drying systems using different techniques: a review

M Sandali, A Boubekri… - Journal of Solar …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
… of the needed heat, and the air flow can be generated by … heat exchanger, a reflector, a
collector, main drying chambersolar drying systems essentially consist of a drying chamber, …

Solar drying of fruits–A comprehensive review

PK Devan, C Bibin, IA Shabrin, R Gokulnath… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
… Since solar collectors are the main in-direct drying devices, … The solar drying chamber is
made from sheet of mild steel … air circulation raises the heat exchange rate between the air and …

Solar dryers for food applications: Concepts, designs, and recent advances

Y Mohana, R Mohanapriya, T Anukiruthika, KS Yoha… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
air then moves to the drying chamber to remove product moisture. Convective heat transfer
between the heated air … improved air circulation, active mode dryers provide enhanced drying

[HTML][HTML] Numerical and experimental analysis of heat and mass transfer in the drying process of the solar drying system

M Daş, E Alıç, EK Akpinar - Engineering Science and Technology, an …, 2021 - Elsevier
… auxiliary heating system with adjustable air flow rate. In the … of the air in the drying chamber,
the wind speeds, the solar … analyse heat transfer in airflow, mass transfer between air and …

Natural convection and direct type (NCDT) solar dryers: a review

A Chavan, V Vitankar, A Mujumdar, B Thorat - Drying Technology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… Generally, solar dryers are classified based on air movement … mode of heat transfer in solar
dryers. Incidentally, the … direct solar dryers), the crop is placed in a drying chamber having …

Global advancement of solar drying technologies and its future prospects: A review

A Kamarulzaman, M Hasanuzzaman, NA Rahim - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
… and drying chamber, enhancing heat transfer to the product. The fan also maintains the
required air flow … Adding an auxiliary device to a solar dryer helps overcome the drawback of the …

A review on indirect type solar dryers for agricultural crops–Dryer setup, its performance, energy storage and important highlights

AB Lingayat, VP Chandramohan, VRK Raju, V Meda - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Heat transfer enhancement on ITSD and the influence of pre-… for drying operation and poor
maintenance of equipment. The … the drying chamber by natural air circulation. Some of these …

Recent developments in solar drying technology of food and agricultural products: A review

HS El-Mesery, AI El-Seesy, Z Hu, Y Li - … and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
heat transfer coefficients change noticeably with the type of food … impact of the air flow
system and different solar dryers on the … chamber, and the dehydrating chamber absorbed solar

Current status of solar-assisted greenhouse drying systems for drying industry (food materials and agricultural crops)

NAM Safri, Z Zainuddin, MSM Azmi, I Zulkifle… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
… For forced convection solar dryers, the rate of heat transfer is … the air flow rate from 50 kg/h
to 300 kg/h, the drying time … used to transfer hot air from the PV/TAC to the drying chamber to …