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 …

A review of industrial food processing using solar dryers with heat storage systems

JP Ekka, D Kumar - Journal of Stored Products Research, 2023 - Elsevier
In the current scenario of food scarcity, most developing countries are facing the issue of
food losses due to improper post-harvesting process, which accounts for about 50% of fruits …

Energy and exergoeconomic assessments of a renewable hybrid ERC/ORC integrated with solar dryer unit, PEM electrolyzer, and RO desalination subsystem

RE Dong, S Zhanguo, IB Mansir, AM Abed… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this investigation, a zero-dimensional model of a renewable generation system
encompassing a solar-geothermal driven Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer …

Compression effect of metal foam on melting phase change in a shell-and-tube unit

J Guo, Z Du, G Liu, X Yang, MJ Li - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal foams have high thermal conductivity and can be used to markedly improve the low
effective conductivity in phase change materials (PCMs) during the process of melting and …

Solar drying Technologies: A review and future research directions with a focus on agroindustrial applications in medium and large scale

NM Ortiz-Rodríguez, M Condorí, G Durán… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The food industry accounts for approximately 30% of global energy consumption. In
addition, food-processing activities contribute almost 26% of total greenhouse gas …

Thermoeconomic assessment of a renewable hybrid RO/PEM electrolyzer integrated with Kalina cycle and solar dryer unit using response surface methodology (RSM …

W Sun, L Feng, AM Abed, A Sharma, A Arsalanloo - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this research, a non-dimension model of renewable generation system encompassing a
solar-geothermal driven Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer in integration with …

A novel dual-PCM configuration to improve simultaneous energy storage and recovery in triplex-tube heat exchanger

M Mozafari, A Lee, S Cheng - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel triplex-tube heat exchanger (TTHX) is proposed to improve the simultaneous
storage and recovery processes via an effective dual-PCM configuration. The proposed …

Advancements in solar drying technologies: Design variations, hybrid systems, storage materials and numerical analysis: A review

MA Kherrafi, A Benseddik, R Saim, A Bouregueba… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar drying technologies and applications in the last 10 years have been summarized and
discussed in this article. A wide scope of the main elements that make this technique …

Thermal performance enhancement in an indirect solar greenhouse dryer using helical fin under variable solar irradiation

SF Hashemi, M Pourfallah, M Gholinia - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of helical fins on the thermal performance of the greenhouse solar
dryer with solar air heater under non-uniform thermal radiation has been analyzed. This …

Experimental and numerical study of a natural convection indirect solar dryer with PCM tubes: Dynamic, thermal and nutritional quality analysis

D Chaatouf, B Raillani, M Salhi, S Amraqui, A Mezrhab - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …