The developing agri-food sector significantly boosts food production and plays a crucial role
in resolving the global food crisis. This development is valuable when accompanied by …

This review presents the current status of solar air heating systems in various sectors and
industries and its prospect of integration with existing drying methods. Most of published …

The objective of the research is to present, the numerical simulation modelling of cocoa
bean dryer in natural, forced and combined forced and natural convection to predict their …

In this paper, an indirect hybrid solar-electric dryer was used to be able to dry a wide range
of agriproducts and to ensure a continuous drying operation. The hybrid dryer is a …

Dried foods, especially fruits, have become a requirement of many fields in most societies
not limited only to developing countries that often preserve food for periods of drought …

A cost-effective indirect cabinet-type solar dryer was designed and developed to remove the
moisture in green peas until their moisture content reaches 14–15% with minimal energy …

In this work, an updated review of solar wood drying is presented. Experimental
investigations, numerical studies and recent patents on the solar wood drying process were …

This research conducts a novel and complete 4E assessments and introduces an innovative
method for examining solar wood drying systems. The software TRNSYS and MATLAB …

The drying of food products is an essential step in the preservation of crops and agricultural
by-products that serve as raw materials for numerous end applications. Solar drying with …

This work aims to study and characterize the drying kinetics, the heat mass transfer
coefficients, the densities, the thermal effusivities, the thermal diffusivities and Young's …