Experimental investigation of suitable thin layer drying curve to solar maize dryer assisted for biomass back-up heater

ET Chekol, V Paramasivam, E Gardie, H Dubale… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
A solar dryer assisted by biomass back-up heater was designed and manufactured from
locally available materials to dry maize, and the drying model is selected, which better fits …

Comparative study of modified greenhouse solar dryer with north wall materials

M Purusothaman, TN Valarmathi - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021 - Elsevier
The solar energy is very plenty which is used to remove the moisture level in the food
material and to preserve the food material. The aim of this experiment is to evaluate the …

A review on performance evaluation of solar dryer and its material for drying agricultural products

MR Nukulwar, VB Tungikar - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021 - Elsevier
The drying process is generally carried out by burning wood and fossil fuels. However, this
method is expensive and may damage the environment which has an adverse impact on …

Experimental analysis and thermal performance of evacuated tube solar collector assisted solar dryer

A Kushwah, A Kumar, A Pal, MK Gaur - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021 - Elsevier
The solar drying of agricultural products is considered the most excellent green and
sustainable agricultural product conservation method. The advancement of effective drying …

Performance analysis of cabinet type solar dryer for ginger drying with & without thermal energy storage material

H Bhavsar, CM Patel - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar energy is one of the most pay-back sources of energy. Drying provides extended shelf
life to agricultural crops in general and thus proper design of dryers will assist in drying them …

A solar dryer for drying green chili in a forced convection for increasing the moisture removing rate

S Salve, AM Fulambarkar - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021 - Elsevier
The abundant and unpredictable use of fossil fuel accelerate the continuous search in that
field of an alternative source. Most of the researchers are attracted to the solar power, that is …

Experimental conditions to identify the ideal shape of dryer investigation of six shapes of solar greenhouse dryer in no load

D Jagadeesh, M Vivekanandan, A Natarajan… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar energy plays a vital role in improving the shelf of the agricultural product through
drying, solar greenhouse drying is more optimal than using an open air drying, in this study …

Performance evaluation of cabinet solar dryer using ultraviolet (UV) sheet

S Kumar, JS Parihar, L Kumer, HK Ghritlahre… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents experimental investigation into a novel UV cabinet type solar dryer
designed for drying banana slices at the Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical …

Performance investigation of natural and forced convection cabinet solar dryer for ginger drying

HP Bhavsar, CM Patel - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a Cabinet type solar dryer has been designed and developed with natural and
forced convection air circulation. This paper aimed to study the performance of solar dryer …

Performance analysis of greenhouse solar dryer using evacuated tubes

R Karthikeyan, P Thangavel, RT Raghunath… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agriculture is India's most popular vocation, and the pace of agricultural product output is
increasing every day. Due to a lack of post-harvest and storage facilities, a large quantity of …