[HTML][HTML] Natural energy materials and storage systems for solar dryers: State of the art
Inappropriate food conservation practices along with insufficient and inefficient storage
systems are often responsible for the deterioration in food quality of agricultural products …
systems are often responsible for the deterioration in food quality of agricultural products …
[HTML][HTML] Progressive review of solar drying studies of agricultural products with exergoeconomics and econo-market participation aspect
An analysis of review articles on solar drying of agricultural products is presented. The
review also discusses detailed economic evaluation methods and market participation …
review also discusses detailed economic evaluation methods and market participation …
Energy, economic analysis and mathematical modelling of mixed-mode solar drying of potato slices with thermal storage loaded V-groove collector: Application to …
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 …
solar dryer of potato chips equipped with a V-corrugated solar collector and loaded with a …
Potato slices drying: Pretreatment affects the three-dimensional appearance and quality attributes
JW Bai, Y Dai, YC Wang, JR Cai, L Zhang, XY Tian - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the current study, the effects of steam blanching, saline immersion, and ultrasound
pretreatment on the drying time, three-dimensional (3D) appearance, quality characteristics …
pretreatment on the drying time, three-dimensional (3D) appearance, quality characteristics …
Recent efforts in developing agricultural product drying processes using solar energy
Dried foods, especially fruits, have become a requirement of many fields in most societies
not limited only to developing countries that often preserve food for periods of drought …
not limited only to developing countries that often preserve food for periods of drought …
Drying kinetics and thermo-economic analysis of drying hot water blanched ginger rhizomes in a hybrid composite solar dryer with heat exchanger
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 …
the drying of ginger rhizomes using a hybrid solar-dryer with paraffin liquid as thermal …
Machine learning, mathematical modeling and 4E (energy, exergy, environmental, and economic) analysis of an indirect solar dryer for drying sweet potato
A developed indirect solar dryer is built and operated to dry sweet potato cubes. Since,
numerous instruments have gathered experimental data to comprehensively evaluate the …
numerous instruments have gathered experimental data to comprehensively evaluate the …
Environmental sustainability and exergy return on investment of selected solar dryer designs based on standard and extended exergy approaches
Different solar dryer designs are available in the literature. However, it is essential to
understand how the performance of the dryer designs contributes to environmental …
understand how the performance of the dryer designs contributes to environmental …
Development of FE modeling for hybrid greenhouse dryer for potato chips drying
In this communication, a combination of heat and mass transfer model was developed using
finite element (FE) model to explain the drying performance of the hybrid greenhouse dryer …
finite element (FE) model to explain the drying performance of the hybrid greenhouse dryer …
Influence of glazing type on the drying kinetics and thermal performance of indirect solar dryer for jelly candy
M Efendi - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This research aims to evaluate drying kinetics and thermal performance, influenced by the
type of glazing. A novel solar dryer that has a phase-change-materials (PCM), heat-recovery …
type of glazing. A novel solar dryer that has a phase-change-materials (PCM), heat-recovery …