[HTML][HTML] Natural energy materials and storage systems for solar dryers: State of the art

BV Suresh, Y Shireesha, TS Kishore, G Dwivedi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inappropriate food conservation practices along with insufficient and inefficient storage
systems are often responsible for the deterioration in food quality of agricultural products …

Solar drying systems for Domestic/Industrial Purposes: A State-of-Art review on topical progress and feasibility assessments

V Goel, A Dwivedi, KS Mehra, SK Pathak, VV Tyagi… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In this era of commercialization, energy scarcity and food security are two of the major global
challenges owing to the continuously growing population. The significant post-harvest food …

Charging process of a partially heated trapezoidal thermal energy storage filled by nano-enhanced PCM using controlable uniform magnetic field

M Izadi, A Hajjar, HM Alshehri, M Sheremet… - … Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a computational analysis of the flow and thermal behaviors of a nano-
enhanced Phase Change Material (PCM) exposed to a magnetic field. One of the …

Heat transfer enhancement of a PCM-porous metal based heat pipe evacuated tube solar collector: An experimental study

VR Pawar, S Sobhansarbandi - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Heat pipe evacuated tube solar collectors (HPETCs) are utilized in solar water heating
systems, however, their thermal performance drops due to the intermittency of solar …

Comprehensive thermo-enviroeconomic performance analysis of a preheating-assisted trapezoidal solar still provided with various additives

SW Sharshir, MA Farahat, A Joseph, AW Kandeal… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Five-slope trapezoidal solar still's thermal, cost, and environmental analyses are assessed
and compared to those of a conventional single-slope solar still. Three promising …

Thermo-economic analysis of solar drying of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) integrated with evacuated tube solar collector and phase change material

MSB Jahromi, M Iranmanesh, HS Akhijahani - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, the experimental studies performed through the thermo-economical
analysis of Jerusalem artichoke slices dried by an indirect cabinet solar dryer with …

A review study on recent advances in solar drying: Mechanisms, challenges and perspectives

Y Yao, YX Pang, S Manickam, E Lester, T Wu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drying is important in many processes for material preservation, operation optimisation, and
easy handling. Various dryers have been developed to ensure controllable drying …

[HTML][HTML] Progressive review of solar drying studies of agricultural products with exergoeconomics and econo-market participation aspect

MC Ndukwu, M Ibeh, BB Okon, G Akpan… - Cleaner Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
An analysis of review articles on solar drying of agricultural products is presented. The
review also discusses detailed economic evaluation methods and market participation …

Thermo-economic and drying kinetic analysis of Oleaster using a solar dryer integrated with phase change materials and recirculation system

M Ahmadi, H Samimi-Akhijahani, P Salami - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Drying of agricultural products is a good way to store wet products. In recent decades, using
solar dryers has received much attention due to the environmental problems of using fossil …

Performance evaluation, morphological properties and drying kinetics of untreated Carica Papaya using solar hybrid dryer integrated with heat storage material

US AR, E Veeramanipriya - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
In developing country like India, renewable energy plays a vital role in extending technology
for the farmers to enhance the agricultural productivity. The aim of the present work is to …