A review on indirect type solar dryers for agricultural crops–Dryer setup, its performance, energy storage and important highlights

AB Lingayat, VP Chandramohan, VRK Raju, V Meda - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Inadequate preservation techniques and poor storage provisions lead to deterioration in the
quality of agricultural products. Advanced processing techniques have been used to reduce …

Review on greenhouse microclimate and application: Design parameters, thermal modeling and simulation, climate controlling technologies

N Choab, A Allouhi, A El Maakoul, T Kousksou… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper provides an updated literature review about greenhouse systems and helps to
identify the most preferable characteristics of a greenhouse for diverse climates and …

Exergo-environmental analysis of an indirect forced convection solar dryer for drying bitter gourd slices

S Vijayan, TV Arjunan, A Kumar - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a low cost indirect forced convection solar dryer integrated with porous bed
sensible heat storage medium has been developed and studied under the climatic …

Design, development and performance of indirect type solar dryer for banana drying

A Lingayat, VP Chandramohan, VRK Raju - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to higher prices and shortages of fossil fuels and to reduce the fuel consumption used
in the drying process, more importance is given to solar energy sources as it is freely …

A review of solar air flat plate collector for drying application

A Fudholi, K Sopian - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
In this review, we present the fundamental mechanisms and descriptions of solar collectors,
which are indispensable components of solar dryers. Then, analysis methods typically used …

A review on solar greenhouse dryer: Design, thermal modelling, energy, economic and environmental aspects

G Srinivasan, P Muthukumar - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This article provides an extensive review on design, thermal modelling approaches, and
economic, energy and environmental aspects of solar greenhouse dryers developed for …

Mathematical modeling and performance analysis of thin layer drying of bitter gourd in sensible storage based indirect solar dryer

S Vijayan, TV Arjunan, A Kumar - Innovative food science & emerging …, 2016 - Elsevier
An indirect forced convection solar dryer integrated with porous sensible heat storage
medium was developed. The effect of porous thermal storage and mass flow rate of air on …

Recent developments in greenhouse solar drying: A review

P Singh, V Shrivastava, A Kumar - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The world is moving towards the reduction of dependency on fossil fuels. Various
innovations are undergoing to make the use of sources of renewable energy like wind, solar …

Energy analysis of hybrid solar tunnel dryer with PV system and solar collector for drying mint (MenthaViridis)

MA Eltawil, MM Azam, AO Alghannam - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
This work aims to develop a hybrid portable solar tunnel dryer and enhance its performance
using solar photovoltaic system and flat plate solar collector for drying peppermint. The solar …

Solar greenhouse drying: A review

O Prakash, A Kumar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Solar energy has been used for the preservation of agricultural produce since generations
all over the world. Recent research on drying reveals the shortcoming of the open sun …