Solar drying is one of the most beneficial and sustainable technologies benevolent to our
society. In this paper, comprehensive review of various designs of natural convective and …

This review presents the current status of solar air heating systems in various sectors and
industries and its prospect of integration with existing drying methods. Most of published …

The objective of the research is to present, the numerical simulation modelling of cocoa
bean dryer in natural, forced and combined forced and natural convection to predict their …

Improving the energy efficiency of the drying industry is considered as one of the most
efficient and promising ways for reducing carbon emissions from the industrial sector. In this …

The objective of this paper is to model a natural convection mix-mode solar dryer
(NCMMSD) for drying agricultural products in an environment with short sunshine duration …

Discontinuities due to weather conditions and daylight affect solar drying, so to address that,
a working mechanism of air energy-assisted solar drying was developed in this study. An air …

In this paper, the energy performance and economic feasibility of conventional wood dryer
systems integrated with a heat recovery unit and solar air heaters are numerically …

The present experimental study, the thermal performance of a solar air dryer with solar
tracking system was investigated. Solar air collector (SAC) has been provided with solar …

The present work is aimed at investigating the thermal performance and the economic
feasibility of an indirect solar dryer of wood integrated with thermal energy storage system …

Magnetic nanofluids also are known as ferrofluids behave differently under magnetic field
effect in comparison to non-magnetic nanofluids. The inclusion of magnetic forces term into …