Quests for sustainability, food security and need to decouple food prices from fluctuating
prices of finite fossil fuels are the drivers to sustainable processing and storage of …

Drying of agricultural food products is one of the most attractive and cost-effective
application of solar energy as it becomes a potentially viable substitute for fuel–wood in …

Waste in the food supply chain is estimated to be about 30–40% of the total food production,
which aggravates the world hunger and increases waste management burden and …

Foreseeing a promising future of utilizing bio-energy, more and more small-scale biomass
power plants are recently built. Biomasses with high moisture content such as sludge or …

Shifting from fossil oil-generated electrical power to green energy has been a topic of
greatest interest due to its huge negative impact on the environment and human well-being …

Solar energy can be used directly and indirectly in thermal processes such as solar dryers.
Solar dryers have a high potential to dry wet samples, especially agricultural products with …

Solar dryers are cutting-edge equipment that uses solar energy to remove moisture from
various materials, including agricultural produce, textiles, and industrial components. It is …

Drying of agricultural products is an energy-demanding process. High costs, scarcities in
fossil fuels and environmental threats attract the use of solar energy as an alternate source …

Solar dryer based on thermal energy storage materials is quite effective for continuously
drying agriculture and food products at steady state in the temperature range (40° C–60° C) …

High temperature and direct sunlight due to tropical climatic conditions in India causes
excessive heating in traditional solar dryer or open air sun drying process. Due to this, loss …