Inappropriate food conservation practices along with insufficient and inefficient storage
systems are often responsible for the deterioration in food quality of agricultural products …

Solar energy provides desired thermal energy for diverse applications, including industrial
heating, domestic cooking, power generation, desalination, and agri-food preservation …

An indirect-type forced convection solar dryer implementing a phase-changing material
(PCM) as the energy-storing medium was designed, fabricated, and investigated in this …

All living things' most critical need is access to potable water, especially humans. India is
one of the countries where there is still a serious shortage of fresh, drinkable water …

The heating efficiency of a heat pump is strongly dependent on the difference between
condensation and evaporation temperature. This article analyzes the combination of a solar …

Food waste is one of the biggest challenges we are facing nowadays. According to the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food …

Harvesting freshwater from saline and seawater using solar energy has proven a significant
impact in recent times. The present study aims to investigate the performance of the solar …

Agriculture contributes to large export earnings for many countries and provides food all
over the world. However, most agricultural products need some post-harvest processing …

Solar drying represents an attractive way to implement an efficient and green development
strategy. The viability of open sorption thermal energy storage (OSTES) can compensate for …

In the present work, a passive solar dryer with mixed-mode operation and a north wall
reflector inside the drying chamber has been developed and tested for drying tomato slices …