Agricultural products such as coffee, tobacco, tea, fruit, cocoa beans, rice, nuts, and timber
generally require drying through a consistent application of relatively low heat. Traditionally …

The application of solar drying technology in agricultural area to preserve vegetables, fruits,
and other crops has proved to be practical, economical, and eco-friendly. In this …

Drying is an essential process in the preservation of agricultural crops and in industries,
such as textile production, dairy processing, cement production, clay brick production, tile …

Parabolic greenhouse solar dryers have been developed to overcome product quality and
postharvest loss problems. It uses solar energy, a renewable source of energy. Due to their …

Design, experimental functional performance and economic evaluation of an energy efficient
commercial-type solar energy dryer for production of high-quality hay, especially for the …

Drying processes play an important role in the preservation of agricultural foods. Application
of solar energy for drying of various high value agro products is getting more and more …

In the majority of African countries, agriculture represents the biggest part of the economy.
80-90% of the working population is employed in agriculture. Despite these large numbers …

An attempt to estimate the potential of solar crop drying for some selected cash crops in
India has been made. The amount of cash crops that can be dried by solar dryers and the …