India is one of the highly developing countries in the world and it has the second-largest
agricultural source of income, which covers 61% of the entire income of the country. The …

Background/objectives Solar dryer has reached a remarkable level due to its tremendous
contribution towards the saving spoilage of the food, vegetables, spices and ingredients …

Fresh fish contains up to 80% of water. It is a highly perishable material and having a short
storage life. Therefore, the study of the drying kinetics of fish is necessary. In this study, the …

Drying of food materials leads to an increase in shelf-life and gives quality end products.
Drying with solar energy is an economical and environmentally friendly method than other …

Drying via solar energy is an environmentally friendly and inexpensive process. For
controlled and bulk level drying, a greenhouse solar dryer is the most suitable controlled …

A prototype north wall insulated greenhouse dryer has been fabricated and tested in no-load
conditions under natural convection mode. Experimentation has been conducted in two …

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 …

Solar drying is an efficient and economical way of drying of agricultural products as
compared to any conventional dryers, and also in solar dryers, the products are dried under …

In this study, a novel ultrasonic vacuum (USV) drying technique was used to shorten the
drying time of fish fillets. For this purpose, ultrasonic treatment and vacuum-drying were …

Greenhouse drying shows a significant role in the bulk level of drying. In the present setup, a
greenhouse dryer operating under natural convection mode was designed and fabricated …