More and more studies are today focusing on solar systems owing to the increasing
awareness about global warming caused by conventional energy technologies and techno …

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 …

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 …

The present research deals with the analysis of 3-dimensional computational models to
analyze the airflow, temperature profile of dryer coupled with heat transfer of pineapple …

Drying foods and medicinal plants is a process with high energy consumption because high
amount of energy is needed for evaporating the water from the surface of the fresh materials …

Solar dryers have always been criticized for their lower performances. There are numerous
ways to define the performance of a solar drying system such as thermal performance …

A natural convection solar dryer was investigated in this paper with a storage unit in the form
of copper tubes filled with Paraffin wax as a PCM, experimentally and numerically using the …

An analysis of review articles on solar drying of agricultural products is presented. The
review also discusses detailed economic evaluation methods and market participation …

Removing moisture from fruits and veggies is an energy-intensive operation since extraction
of moisture from the surface of raw products requires a substantial quantity of heat. As a …

Passive solar dryers play a crucial role in reducing postharvest losses in fruits and
vegetables, especially in regions like sub-Saharan Africa with low electrification rates and …