Solar drying systems for Domestic/Industrial Purposes: A State-of-Art review on topical progress and feasibility assessments

V Goel, A Dwivedi, KS Mehra, SK Pathak, VV Tyagi… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In this era of commercialization, energy scarcity and food security are two of the major global
challenges owing to the continuously growing population. The significant post-harvest food …

Solar drying of medicinal herbs: A review

TSSB Rao, S Murugan - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Health consciousness has been increasing gradually in the entire world during the last three
decades. Naturally and artificially produced medicines are consumed by the people for …

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 …

A comparison of the drying kinetics, energy consumption and colour quality of drying medicinal leaves in direct-solar dryer with different colours of collector cover

MC Ndukwu, G Akpan, AN Okeahialam, JD Umoh… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In some countries, Neem and Bitter leaves are often offered as dried medicinal leaves and
one of the appealing aspects to consumers is that they retain their original colour after …

Energy, economic analysis and mathematical modelling of mixed-mode solar drying of potato slices with thermal storage loaded V-groove collector: Application to …

B Lamrani, Y Elmrabet, I Mathew, N Bekkioui, P Etim… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This research aims to study the thermodynamic and economic feasibility of a mixed-type
solar dryer of potato chips equipped with a V-corrugated solar collector and loaded with a …

Current status and prospect of integrating solar air heating systems for drying in various sectors and industries

A Lingayat, R Zachariah, A Modi - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review presents the current status of solar air heating systems in various sectors and
industries and its prospect of integration with existing drying methods. Most of published …

[HTML][HTML] Development and modelling of heat and mass transfer analysis of a low-cost solar dryer integrated with biomass heater: Application for West African Region

MC Ndukwu, EO Diemuodeke, FI Abam, UC Abada… - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study is to design and fabricate a low-cost hybrid solar drying
system and present the drying kinetics, heat transfer coefficient and thin layer models for the …

Drying kinetics and thermo-economic analysis of drying hot water blanched ginger rhizomes in a hybrid composite solar dryer with heat exchanger

MC Ndukwu, EB Augustine, E Ugwu, MI Ibeh, I Ekop… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This research aimed to examine the need of adding hot water blanching pre-treatment on
the drying of ginger rhizomes using a hybrid solar-dryer with paraffin liquid as thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of eco‐thermal sustainability potential of a cluster of low‐cost solar dryer designs based on exergetic sustainability indicators and earned carbon …

MC Ndukwu, MI Ibeh, P Etim, CU Augustine… - Cleaner Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research aims to establish the interconnectivity between solar dryer designs and the
exegetic-sustainability performance of solar dryers. This is to assist energy policymakers …

Energy and exergy analysis of solar dryer with triple air passage direction collector powered by a wind generator

MC Ndukwu, BB Okon, FI Abam, B Lamrani… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The objective of this study is to thermodynamically investigate the performance of solar
dryers by delaying the airflow in the collector. For this reason, a triple air path on a single …