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 …

Forecasting of future greenhouse gas emission trajectory for India using energy and economic indexes with various metaheuristic algorithms

H Bakır, Ü Ağbulut, AE Gürel, G Yıldız, U Güvenç… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The accelerating increment of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentration in the atmosphere
already reached an alarming level, and nowadays its adverse impacts on the living …

Energy and exergy analysis of a vertical solar air heater with nano-enhanced absorber coating and perforated baffles

A Khanlari, AD Tuncer, A Sözen, İ Aytaç, E Çiftçi… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the effect of applying nano-enhanced absorber coating on the energetic and
exergetic performance of an unglazed vertical solar air heating system has been analyzed …

Experimental and numerical study on a novel fanless air-to-air solar thermoelectric refrigerator equipped with boosted heat exchanger

F Afshari, E Mandev, B Muratçobanoğlu, AF Yetim… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Peltier cooling systems are generally small, portable and simple in operating principle
compared to conventional vapor compression cooling systems. For these reasons, Peltier …

Experimental and numerical investigation of flow and thermal characteristics of aluminum block exchanger using surface-modified and recycled nanofluids

B Gülmüş, B Muratçobanoğlu, E Mandev… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to numerically and experimentally survey the thermal
efficiency of a block-type heat exchanger operated in different working conditions by using …

A comprehensive review of fluidized bed drying: Sustainable design approaches, hydrodynamic and thermodynamic performance characteristics, and product quality

P Majumder, B Deb, R Gupta, SS Sablani - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Augmentation of alternative energy supply in the global energy mix and amplifying the
energy efficiency of thermal systems are emphasized in the Sustainable Development Goals …

Analysis of a novel V-grooved double pass photovoltaic thermal solar dryer including thermal energy storage

C Yüksel, M Öztürk, E Çiftçi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
As to a sustainable future, the available storage of foods is of great importance since they
are the most basic component for the source of life. The requirement that foods be …

[HTML][HTML] Performance analysis and identification of an indirect photovoltaic thermal dryer with aluminum oxide nano-embedded thermal energy storage modification

C Şirin, F Selimefendigil, HF Öztop - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the current paper, different thermal energy storage unit-integrated photovoltaic thermal
(PVT) air collectors with and without nanoparticles have been designed, fabricated and …

Effects of double glazing, black wall, black carpeted floor and insulation on thermal performance of solar-glazed balconies

F Afshari, B Muratçobanoğlu, E Mandev, MA Ceviz… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research was conducted to evaluate energy saving and the thermal efficiency in glazed
balconies and sunspace areas. The effects of double-glazing, black walls and black …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the performance of a greenhouse drying system by using triple-flow solar air collector with nano-enhanced absorber coating

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin, K Ghachem, L Kolsi… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this research, the impacts of utilizing nano-embedded absorber coating in an auxiliary
heater of a greenhouse drying system on the thermal and drying performances have been …