Illuminating sustainability: a comprehensive review of the environmental life cycle and exergetic impacts of solar systems on the agri-food sector

B Hamidinasab, H Javadikia, F Hosseini-Fashami… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Experimental performance and economic viability of evacuated tube solar collector assisted greenhouse dryer for sustainable development

S Singh, RS Gill, VS Hans, TC Mittal - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A walk-in type solar greenhouse dryer supplemented with solar air heating system has been
developed with an objective of sustainable development. One of its novel features is the use …

Three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbon surface-decorated graphitic carbon foam/stearic acid composite as high-performance shape-stabilized phase change …

Y Zhou, J Zeng, Y Guo, H Chen, T Bi, Q Lin - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
To simultaneously improve the photothermal conversion and encapsulation capacity of
phase change material (PCM), a three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbon surface …

Sustainability and performance analysis of a solar and wind energy assisted hybrid dryer

H Atalay, N Yavaş, MT Çoban - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, energy, exergy and sustainability analysis of the solar and wind energy
assisted hybrid drying system were discussed. The drying process was carried out by solar …

Performance evaluation of indirect type domestic hybrid solar dryer for tomato drying: Thermal, embodied, economical and quality analysis

M Sharma, D Atheaya, A Kumar - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the performance of an indirect type domestic hybrid solar dryer
(ITDHSD) for drying tomato flakes in terms of thermal, environmental, economical, and …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental evaluation and modeling the mass and temperature of dried mint in greenhouse solar dryer; Application of machine learning method

A Daliran, M Taki, A Marzban, M Rahnama… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study is aimed to model the temperature and mass of dried mint in a Quonset type of
Greenhouse Solar Dryer (GSD). The inputs including ambient air temperature (◦ C), ambient …

Experimental study on drying kinetics and thermal modeling of drying Kohlrabi under different solar drying methods

G Muthuvairavan, SK Natarajan - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In all reported work, the constant specific heat capacity of the drying product was presumed
for the thermal modeling of the drying system, although this is not the case. This paper …

Progress in solar thermal systems and their role in achieving the sustainable development goals

AG Olabi, N Shehata, HM Maghrabie, LA Heikal… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of solar thermal systems (STSs) has recently reached a significant edge. The
increasing research on developing an alternative power supply for limiting fossil fuel usage …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of eco‐thermal sustainability potential of a cluster of low‐cost solar dryer designs based on exergetic sustainability indicators and earned carbon …

MC Ndukwu, MI Ibeh, P Etim, CU Augustine… - Cleaner Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research aims to establish the interconnectivity between solar dryer designs and the
exegetic-sustainability performance of solar dryers. This is to assist energy policymakers …