Progress in solar dryers for drying various commodities

M Kumar, SK Sansaniwal, P Khatak - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Uncertain price rise and rapid depletion of fossil fuels accelerated the development of
renewable energy sources in the form of alternative power sources. Solar is an abundant …

Historical review and recent trends in solar drying systems

O Prakash, A Kumar - International journal of green energy, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

A comprehensive review of the solar dryer

YB Chauhan, PP Rathod - International Journal of Ambient Energy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

A comprehensive review of advanced hybrid technologies that improvement the performance of solar dryers: Photovoltaic/thermal panels, solar collectors, energy …

A Khalil, AM Khaira, RH Abu-Shanab, M Abdelgaied - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar dryers are a well-known technology was utilize to dry various agricultural and food
products. There are some limitations to the use of open sun drying but these limitations can …

Review of solar dryers for agricultural and marine products

A Fudholi, K Sopian, MH Ruslan, MA Alghoul… - … and sustainable energy …, 2010 - Elsevier
Drying for agricultural and marine products are one of the most attractive and cost-effective
application of solar energy. Numerous types of solar dryers have been designed and …

A review of solar drying technologies

S VijayaVenkataRaman, S Iniyan, R Goic - Renewable and sustainable …, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Performance study of different solar dryers: A review

A Mustayen, S Mekhilef, R Saidur - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Crop drying is essential for preservation in agricultural applications. It is performed either
using fossil fuels in an artificial mechanical drying process or by placing the crop under the …

Advanced technologies and performance investigations of solar dryers: A review

P Kumar, D Singh - Renewable Energy Focus, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar drying is the basic process to reduce the moisture content of the products to a certain
level below which deterioration of product does not occur. There are mainly three types of …

A review on development of solar drying applications

G Pirasteh, R Saidur, SMA Rahman… - … and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Applications of solar energy based drying technologies in various industries–A review

A Lingayat, R Balijepalli, VP Chandramohan - Solar energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Drying of materials is an important and essential mechanism during the production process
in industries. Drying fruits and vegetables is an ancient method used for food preservation …