Recent residential applications of low-temperature solar collector

A Ahmadi, MA Ehyaei, A Doustgani, MEH Assad… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of renewable energy systems for domestic and industrial sectors is growing at a
rapid rate due to the increase in population and due to the restrictions set by governments …

Recent progress in solar wood drying: An updated review

B Lamrani, N Bekkioui, M Simo-Tagne… - Drying …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Exergetic sustainability and economic analysis of hybrid solar-biomass dryer integrated with copper tubing as heat exchanger

MC Ndukwu, M Simo-Tagne, FI Abam, OS Onwuka… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The aim of this study is to present a new hybrid solar-biomass dryer and carry out thermal
analysis based on energy and exergo-sustainability analysis considering all the available …

Energy, environmental and economic analyses of an indirect cocoa bean solar dryer: A comparison between natural and forced convections

M Simo-Tagne, HDT Etala, AT Tagne, MC Ndukwu… - Renewable energy, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Thermal performance and environmental assessment of a hybrid solar-electrical wood dryer integrated with Photovoltaic/Thermal air collector and heat recovery …

B Lamrani, A Draoui, F Kuznik - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Improving the energy efficiency of the drying industry is considered as one of the most
efficient and promising ways for reducing carbon emissions from the industrial sector. In this …

Numerical analysis and validation of a natural convection mix-mode solar dryer for drying red chilli under variable conditions

M Simo-Tagne, MC Ndukwu, A Zoulalian… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to model a natural convection mix-mode solar dryer
(NCMMSD) for drying agricultural products in an environment with short sunshine duration …

Energy and quality analysis of forced convection air-energy assisted solar timber drying

X Chi, S Tang, X Song, S Rahimi, Z Ren, G Han… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Discontinuities due to weather conditions and daylight affect solar drying, so to address that,
a working mechanism of air energy-assisted solar drying was developed in this study. An air …

Energy and environmental analysis of an indirect hybrid solar dryer of wood using TRNSYS software

B Lamrani, A Khouya, A Draoui - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to develop a numerical model for investigating the performance of an
indirect hybrid solar dryer of wood using TRNSYS software. A solar compound parabolic …

Energy analysis and economic feasibility of wood dryers integrated with heat recovery unit and solar air heaters in cold and hot climates

B Lamrani, F Kuznik, A Ajbar, M Boumaza - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the energy performance and economic feasibility of conventional wood dryer
systems integrated with a heat recovery unit and solar air heaters are numerically …

Modelling and simulation of a hybrid solar-electrical dryer of wood integrated with latent heat thermal energy storage system

B Lamrani, A Draoui - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2020 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study is to investigate numerically a novel design of an indirect
hybrid solar-electrical dryer of wood integrated with latent heat thermal energy storage …