A key review on exergetic analysis and assessment of renewable energy resources for a sustainable future

A Hepbasli - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Energy resources and their utilization intimately relate to sustainable development. In
attaining sustainable development, increasing the energy efficiencies of processes utilizing …

A review on development of solar drying applications

G Pirasteh, R Saidur, SMA Rahman… - … and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Drying is an essential process in the preservation of agricultural crops and in industries,
such as textile production, dairy processing, cement production, clay brick production, tile …

Energy, exergy and environmental impact analysis on the novel indirect solar dryer with fins inserted phase change material

S Madhankumar, K Viswanathan, W Wu - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar energy is a widely used green energy resource that is used for drying processes.
Through this assessment, the performance of an Indirect Solar Dryer (ISD) with three …

Performance analysis of solar drying system for red chili

A Fudholi, K Sopian, MH Yazdi, MH Ruslan… - Solar Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
This study is concerned with performance analysis of solar drying system for red chili. Red
chili was dried to final moisture content of 10% wb from 80% wb in 33 h using this system. In …

A review on exergy analysis of drying processes and systems

M Aghbashlo, H Mobli, S Rafiee, A Madadlou - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
In recent years, growing attention has been given to exergy analysis of drying processes
and systems and optimization of drying processes using exergy concept. This research …

Prediction kinetic, energy and exergy of quince under hot air dryer using ANNs and ANFIS

Y Abbaspour‐Gilandeh, A Jahanbakhshi… - Food Science & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to predict the drying kinetics, energy utilization (Eu), energy utilization ratio
(EUR), exergy loss, and exergy efficiency of quince slice in a hot air (HA) dryer using …

A review on thin-layer drying-curve equations

H Kucuk, A Midilli, A Kilic, I Dincer - Drying Technology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a comprehensive review of thin-layer drying-curve models available in
the literature and their comparisons for single-layer drying applications from 2003 to 2013. In …

Review of solar drying systems with air based solar collectors in Malaysia

A Fudholi, K Sopian, B Bakhtyar, M Gabbasa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Solar drying systems (SDSs) are environment friendly and enhance energy conservation.
Such systems are a promising application of solar energy systems. SDS is an effective …

Energy and exergy analyses of thin layer drying of mulberry in a forced solar dryer

A Akbulut, A Durmuş - Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with the energy and exergy analyses of the thin layer drying
process of mulberry via forced solar dryer. Using the first law of thermodynamics, energy …

Microwave-assisted drying: A review of the state-of-the-art

P Rattanadecho, N Makul - Drying Technology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Offering advantages of energy-saving rapid drying rates, short processing times, deep
penetration of the microwave energy, instantaneous and precise electronic control, and …