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 …

[HTML][HTML] Natural energy materials and storage systems for solar dryers: State of the art

BV Suresh, Y Shireesha, TS Kishore, G Dwivedi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inappropriate food conservation practices along with insufficient and inefficient storage
systems are often responsible for the deterioration in food quality of agricultural products …

Experimental and numerical analysis of a grooved hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar drying system

AD Tuncer, A Khanlari, F Afshari, A Sözen… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) systems are sustainable applications that allows to produce
thermal and electrical energies simultaneously. In this work, a sustainable solar drying …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal energy storage systems applied to solar dryers: Classification, performance, and numerical modeling: An updated review

EG Barbosa, MEV de Araujo, ACL de Oliveira… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drying is a complex process involving simultaneous heat and mass exchanges, and it is
considered one of the oldest unit operations performed for preserving agricultural products …

Multiphysics CFD modeling to assess performance of a perforated multi-plate indirect solar dryer with a V-corrugated absorber surface

VM Avargani, HA Maarof, S Zendehboudi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the performance of an indirect solar dryer for drying various
materials under different operational conditions. The system consists of a solar air collector …

[HTML][HTML] Progressive review of solar drying studies of agricultural products with exergoeconomics and econo-market participation aspect

MC Ndukwu, M Ibeh, BB Okon, G Akpan… - Cleaner Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
An analysis of review articles on solar drying of agricultural products is presented. The
review also discusses detailed economic evaluation methods and market participation …

[PDF][PDF] Forced-convection heat transfer in solar collectors and heat exchangers: a review

R Rebhi, Y Menni, G Lorenzini… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Solar thermal collectors, as well as heat exchangers, are energy systems that have become
very popular recently in various research centers around the world. Clean systems used to …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and thermodynamic analysis of solar air dryer equipped with V-groove double pass collector: Techno-economic and exergetic measures

A Hassan, AM Nikbahkt, Z Welsh, P Yarlagadda… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Optimised solar air dryers, in terms of efficiency and performance, can solve some major
concerns in the agro-industrial processing sector. Solar air dryers can reduce the large …

Experimental study of a natural convection indirect solar dryer

J Ennissioui, T El Rhafiki - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This paper investigates the effectiveness of an indirect solar dryer (ISD) specifically
designed for the geographical and climatic conditions of Meknes (Morocco). The constructed …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation on solar drying system with double pass solar air heater coupled with paraffin wax based latent heat storage: Experimental and numerical study

DT Embiale, DG Gunjo - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Since solar energy uses the sun's free energy and is environmentally friendly, it is generally
accepted for various applications like drying products. However, the drawback of this system …