Technological development in solar dryers from 2016 to 2021-A review

RK Saini, DK Saini, R Gupta, P Verma, R Thakur… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review of wastewater sludge-to-energy generation focused on thermochemical technologies: An improved technological, economical and socio …

SG Nkuna, TO Olwal, SPD Chowdhury… - Cleaner Waste …, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to increasing global waste generation due to population growth, urbanization,
and industrialization, wastewater treatment operations should shift from being solely energy …

Machine learning approaches for estimating apricot drying characteristics in various advanced and conventional dryers

M Kaveh, N Çetin, E Khalife… - Journal of Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Drying plays a crucial role in preserving the quality of agricultural products. Nevertheless,
suboptimal conditions in drying systems have an adverse effect on drying characteristics …

Improving environmental sustainability of food waste using a solar dryer: Analyzing drying kinetics and biogas production potential

H Moussaoui, K Chatir, AD Tuncer, A Khanlari… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The present work analyzes the drying kinetics of food waste, focusing on the effects of
temperature, airflow and drying on biogas production. The work involves the experimental …

Assessment of an ETC based solar water heater at different tilt angles

M Kumar, BS Negi, R Grewal, H Manchanda - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, an evacuated tube collector based solar water heater (ETC-SWH) has
been developed and tested in the summer season under the climate of Hisar (29° 08′ 25.1 …

Effects of external reflector and glass cover cooling on thermo‐enviro‐economic performance of a stepped solar still

A Nand, H Manchanda, M Kumar, R Grewal… - Heat …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the current research work, performance enhancement of stepped solar still (SSS) having
an external reflector (ER) and glass cover cooling (GCC) arrangements is presented. The …

Experimental ginger drying by a novel mixed-mode vertical solar dryer under partial and fully loaded conditions

A Malik, M Kumar - Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 2024 - Elsevier
An innovative and compact mixed-mode vertical solar dryer (MVSD) with a circular solar
collector is developed and tested for ginger slices drying under partial and fully loaded …

Experimental and simulation studies on the no‐load performance assessment of a domestic solar dryer

Shimpy, M Kumar, A Kumar - Heat Transfer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solar dryers have been tested with various simple and complex design modifications for
better efficiencies. This article attempts to investigate the effect of a very simple design …

Optimizing the GHG emissions and energy consumption of power plants in the industry of vacuum drying using a controlled atmosphere method (case study: apple …

M Abdollahzadeh Delazi, R Amiri Chayjan… - Clean Technologies and …, 2024 - Springer
In agriculture, the transformation and drying industries have the most share of energy
consumption. The present study aims to optimize the drying process of apple pulp sheets …

Design and optimization of a domestic solar dryer: an analytical approach

M Kumar, A Kumar - Engineering Computations, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Food loss and wastage is an issue of global concern and the household sector is
one of the biggest contributors to this. Solar drying has been explored by many eminent …