The potential of climate-resilient energy practices depends on the integration of sustainable
energy with energy storage, such as solar energy. Solar energy offers desirable thermal …

The drying of fruits and vegetables is a complex operation that demands much energy and
time. In practice, the drying of fruits and vegetables increases product shelf‐life and reduces …

This article examined the performance of a low cost, economically viable and a novel forced
convection solar drying system. To control the thermal fluctuations during the day-night …

Solar dryers utilise solar radiation for producing hot air to dry various food and agricultural
products. The limitation of solar dryers is their inability to achieve continuous drying during …

An indirect type forced convection solar dryer using Phase Change Material (PCM) was
designed, constructed and experimentally investigated. The dryer consists of a solar air …

Drying is a complicated process with simultaneous heat and mass transfer, and food drying
is especially very complex because of the differential structure of products. In practice, a food …

In the present work, experimental investigations carried out on drying of Stevia leaves in a
newly developed solar dryer of mixed mode forced convection type (MFSCD) and open sun …

In this study was investigated the thin-layer drying characteristics in solar dryer with forced
convection and under open sun with natural convection of mint leaves, and, performed …

Drying is one of the widely used methods of grain, fruit, and vegetable preservation. The
important aim of drying is to reduce the moisture content and thereby increase the lifetime of …

Background Developing an efficient drying system with combined novel thermal and
conventional hot-air drying of agricultural crops has become potentially a viable substitute …