Global advancement of solar drying technologies and its future prospects: A review

A Kamarulzaman, M Hasanuzzaman, NA Rahim - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Global energy demand continues to increase with the expansion of the economy activities
and sustainable development. Meanwhile, the world is suffering from pollution and harmful …

Technological development in solar dryers from 2016 to 2021-A review

RK Saini, DK Saini, R Gupta, P Verma, R Thakur… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar dryers are cutting-edge equipment that uses solar energy to remove moisture from
various materials, including agricultural produce, textiles, and industrial components. It is …

Enhancing the performance of a greenhouse dryer with natural dolomite powder-embedded latent heat thermal energy storage unit and air-to-air heat recovery system

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Greenhouse drying systems (GDSs) are grouped in direct-type solar dryers and are widely
utilised because of their easy applicability, high product drying capacity and cost …

[HTML][HTML] Natural energy materials and storage systems for solar dryers: State of the art

BV Suresh, Y Shireesha, TS Kishore, G Dwivedi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inappropriate food conservation practices along with insufficient and inefficient storage
systems are often responsible for the deterioration in food quality of agricultural products …

Analysis of an infrared-assisted triple-flow prototype solar drying system with nano-embedded absorber coating: An experimental and numerical study

A Khanlari, AD Tuncer - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the impact of combined usage of infrared heater and nano-improved absorber
coating in the triple-flow solar dryer (TFSD) has been analyzed. In the first stage of the study …

Energy-exergy and environ-economic (4E) analysis while drying ivy gourd in a passive indirect solar dryer without and with energy storage system and results …

MC Gilago, VR Mugi, VP Chandramohan - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy-exergy and environ-economic (4E) analysis was conducted while drying ivy
gourd in a natural convection indirect solar dryer (ISD) without and with a thermal energy …

Investigation of exergy-energy and environ-economic performance parameters of active indirect solar dryer for pineapple drying without and with energy storage unit

MC Gilago, VR Mugi, VP Chandramohan - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The quality, quantity and availability of energy, the environmental impact, and the economic
importance (4E) of a forced convection indirect solar dryer without (setup-1) and with thermal …

Thermal performance improvement of an indirect solar dryer with tube-type absorber packed with aluminum wool

A Sözen, FŞ Kazancıoğlu, AD Tuncer, A Khanlari… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, increasing energy demand and limited fossil fuel resources increased
utilization of renewable and sustainable energy sources. Solar thermal systems are utilized …

Experimental and numerical analysis of a compact indirect solar dehumidification system

F Afshari, AD Tuncer, A Sözen, E Çiftçi, A Khanlari - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Drying foods and medicinal plants is a process with high energy consumption because high
amount of energy is needed for evaporating the water from the surface of the fresh materials …

Experimentation on solar-assisted heat pump dryer: Thermodynamic, economic and exergoeconomic assessments

A Singh, J Sarkar, RR Sahoo - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The convective closed-loop solar-assisted heat pump dryer (batch type) has been designed,
fabricated and experimentally investigated for both simple heat pump drying (HPD) and …