Energy, exergy, economic and environmental analyses of solar air heating systems with and without thermal energy storage for sustainable development: A systematic …

SK Pathak, VV Tyagi, K Chopra, B Kalidasan… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar air heating is the most widely used for crop drying, building and space heating
applications due to its technological maturity and economic viability. Still, solar air heaters …

A comprehensive review on single phase heat transfer enhancement techniques in heat exchanger applications

T Alam, MH Kim - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to review the different techniques, which have been used to
enhance the heat transfer rate in heat exchanger devices such as solar air heater, cooling …

A comprehensive study on thermal storage characteristics of nano-CeO2 embedded phase change material and its influence on the performance of evacuated tube …

PM Kumar, K Mylsamy - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This work examines the enhancement in thermal storage properties of the new kind of nano-
embedded phase change materials (NEPCMs), which were prepared by diffusing CeO 2 …

Energy and exergy analyses of drying medicinal herb in a novel forced convection solar dryer integrated with SHSM and PCM

AK Bhardwaj, R Kumar, S Kumar, B Goel… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

A review on recent advancements in performance enhancement techniques for low-temperature solar collectors

S Gorjian, H Ebadi, F Calise, A Shukla… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar energy as a plentiful and environment-friendly source of energy has an acceptable
potential in nearly most of the regions around the world. Thermal technologies are …

Exergo-environmental analysis of an indirect forced convection solar dryer for drying bitter gourd slices

S Vijayan, TV Arjunan, A Kumar - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a low cost indirect forced convection solar dryer integrated with porous bed
sensible heat storage medium has been developed and studied under the climatic …

A detailed review of various types of solar air heaters performance

HK Ghritlahre, M Verma, JS Parihar, DS Mondloe… - Solar energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar energy is an endless and environmentally benign renewable energy source. Among
all the forms of solar thermal energy systems, solar air heater is the major system which is …

Exergy analysis of solar thermal collectors and processes

SA Kalogirou, S Karellas, K Braimakis, C Stanciu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of exergy analysis of solar thermal collectors and processes. It
includes not only various types of solar collectors, but also various applications of solar …

A review of solar air flat plate collector for drying application

A Fudholi, K Sopian - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
In this review, we present the fundamental mechanisms and descriptions of solar collectors,
which are indispensable components of solar dryers. Then, analysis methods typically used …

Energy, exergy and economic analysis of an indirect type solar dryer using green chilli: A comparative assessment of forced and natural convection

VR Mugi, VP Chandramohan - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2021 - Elsevier
The energy, exergy and economic analysis of indirect type solar dryer (ITSD) was performed
while drying green chilli under forced and natural convection. Fans powered by PV panels …