Investigating performance of a new design of forced convection solar dryer

M Rezaei, M Sefid, K Almutairi, A Mostafaeipour… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
… the design of collectors. Therefore, in the present research, the efficiency of a solar dryer with
a … and a thermal energy storage system for drying leafy vegetables were we fabricated and …

Performance studies on mixed-mode forced convection solar cabinet dryer under different air mass flow rates for drying of cluster fig

JP Ekka, P Muthukumar, K Bala, DK Kanaujiya… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
… of solar dryer performance by modifying the designs of SAHs … investigating the effect of air
mass flow rates on performance … ., drying time and rate, drying efficiency, and pickup efficiency

Design and fabrication of a forced convection solar dryer integrated with heat storage materials

CA Komolafe, MA Waheed - ACSM, 2018 - eprints.lmu.edu.ng
… A simple cost effective solar dryer of 10 kg capacity was designed for the drying of … for
the design of the dryer were based on the design considerations, preliminary investigations, …

[PDF][PDF] Forced-convection heat transfer in solar collectors and heat exchangers: a review

R Rebhi, Y Menni, G Lorenzini… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - researchgate.net
… the effectiveness of natural convection solar dryers for fruit and forced convection solar dryers
… Comparative energy and exergy performance investigation of forced convection solar air …

Experimental study of a natural convection indirect solar dryer

J Ennissioui, T El Rhafiki - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
… This paper investigates the effectiveness of an indirect solar dryer (ISD) specifically designed
for … using both natural and forced convection mechanisms for dehydration fruit, specifically …

[PDF][PDF] Simulation and optimisation of a drying model for a forced convection grain dryer

BO Osodo - Unpublished PhD Thesis, Kenyatta University, Kenya, 2018 - ir-library.ku.ac.ke
dryer was sized, fabricated and its performance investigated … an indirect mode of forced
convection solar drying. This was to … flow rate to investigate how this affected the drying process. …

Solar dryer performance simulation: Experimental and numerical study

R Mehdipour, A Ghaffari - Journal of Food Process Engineering, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… An indirect forced convection solar dryer was investigated by Demissiea et al. (2019) using
3D CFD simulation method. They predicted the flow and temperature distribution within the …

Experimental evaluation of performance, drying and thermal parameters of guava slabs dried in a forced convection indirect solar dryer without and with thermal …

VR Mugi, MC Gilago, VP Chandramohan… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
forced convection indirect solar dryer (FISD) provides better quality food products for lower
duration than open sun drying (… adapted for studying the data of parsley leaves drying in FISD. …

Design and performance evaluation of an innovative medium-scale solar dryer with heat recovery based-latent heat storage: Experimental and mathematical analysis …

C Nettari, A Boubekri, A Benseddik, S Bouhoun… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
solar dryer. Considering the above background, the present research was to investigate a
novel medium-sized direct solar dryer … compare its effectiveness with a traditional solar dryer. …

Performance analysis of natural and forced convection mixed mode UV tent house solar dryer for potato drying

S Kumar, N Dewangan, G Verma… - Energy Sources, Part …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… The moisture ratio varied from 0.4750 to 0.0010 for forced convection drying and from 0.4095
to 0.02646 for natural convection drying. … investigated the greenhouse solar dryer’s annual …