Uncertain price rise and rapid depletion of fossil fuels accelerated the development of
renewable energy sources in the form of alternative power sources. Solar is an abundant …

Solar thermal dryers are solar-operated gadgets utilized to dehumidify various products,
especially food items and rubber sheets. This article provides detailed design, parametric …

Active indirect mode solar dryers were designed and constructed for drying of cooking
banana in Umudike, Nigeria. The dryers were constructed with special focus on the air inlet …

The current study designed, constructed and experimentally evaluated a heat-pipe
evacuated tube solar dryer with heat a recovery system in which water was used as working …

Abstract aiming to improve the thermal performance of a direct solar dryer, a new technique
of heat supply was proposed and investigated using a double level tubular heat exchanger …

An indirect type domestic hybrid solar dryer (ITDHSD) has been fabricated and its thermal
performance, exergy, and drying kinetics of tomatoes slice were analyzed. Moisture in …

BACKGROUND The economic value of many fruit and vegetables is often linked to the
ability to preserve such natural products. In the case of tomatoes, the manufacture of 1 kg of …

The energy which is obtained from the sun in the form of light and heat is known as solar
energy. Nowadays, technology is focused on utilization of this rich resource of energy. So …

In this study, the effects of the positions of inlet and outlet in a single‐flow flat plate
rectangular box active solar air heater due to convective heat transfer were designed …

Solar drying is one of the most important processes of preserving agricultural products. This
review paper focused mainly on the enhancement of efficiency a solar drying system. The …