The potential of climate-resilient energy practices depends on the integration of sustainable
energy with energy storage, such as solar energy. Solar energy offers desirable thermal …

Most of the energy generated globally utilize fossil fuels involving the emission of
environmentally hazardous carbon dioxide and depletion of fossil fuel resources. The …

Thermal energy harvesting and storage with phase change materials (PCMs) plays a broad
and critical role in solar-thermal utilization and energy management. However, the intrinsic …

Due to continuous growth in population and sharp increase in energy and food demand,
research on alternative energy sources independent of fossil fuels has increased over the …

Thermal energy storage as sensible or latent heat is an efficient way to conserve the waste
heat and excess energy available such as solar radiation. Storage of latent heat using …

Solar dryers utilise solar radiation for producing hot air to dry various food and agricultural
products. The limitation of solar dryers is their inability to achieve continuous drying during …

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 …

Quests for sustainability, food security and need to decouple food prices from fluctuating
prices of finite fossil fuels are the drivers to sustainable processing and storage of …

In this paper, a review on solar drying is presented. The review comprises the main
components, classifications and affecting parameters. Advantages, disadvantages and …

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 …