Solar dryers for food applications: Concepts, designs, and recent advances

Y Mohana, R Mohanapriya, T Anukiruthika, KS Yoha… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Considering the growing energy crisis, the need for green-energy alternatives is inevitable.
Food processing must consider the application of renewable energy for replacing …

Recent progress on solar cabinet dryers for agricultural products equipped with energy storage using phase change materials

MSB Jahromi, V Kalantar, HS Akhijahani… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar energy can be used directly and indirectly in thermal processes such as solar dryers.
Solar dryers have a high potential to dry wet samples, especially agricultural products with …

Energy-exergy and enviro-economic survey of solar air heaters with various air channel modifications

AD Tuncer, A Khanlari, A Sözen, EY Gürbüz, C Şirin… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar air heaters (SAHs) are generally used in different applications because of their simple
structure, low setup cost, and also their higher energy conversion efficiency. In this study, a v …

Designs, performance and economic feasibility of domestic solar dryers

Shimpy, M Kumar, A Kumar - Food Engineering Reviews, 2023 - Springer
Present article is an overview of available solar drying technologies developed for small
rural agricultural farms emphasizing domestic applications. A huge amount (about 61%) of …

Performance assessment and modeling techniques for domestic solar dryers

Shimpy, M Kumar, A Kumar - Food Engineering Reviews, 2023 - Springer
Solar dryers have always been criticized for their lower performances. There are numerous
ways to define the performance of a solar drying system such as thermal performance …

Performance evaluation of indirect type domestic hybrid solar dryer for tomato drying: Thermal, embodied, economical and quality analysis

M Sharma, D Atheaya, A Kumar - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the performance of an indirect type domestic hybrid solar dryer
(ITDHSD) for drying tomato flakes in terms of thermal, environmental, economical, and …

Drying uniformity analysis of an indirect solar dryer based on computational fluid dynamics and image processing

A Benhamza, A Boubekri, A Atia, T Hadibi… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Indirect solar dryer is used to dry food products. The dried product quality and the drying air
temperature distribution are inter-related parameters. Therefore, obtaining a suitable air …

Natural convective greenhouse vermicelli drying: thermo-environ-econo-kinetic analyses

M Kumar, RK Sahdev, MA Tawfik… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article presents the performance of a low-cost, simple and sustainable natural
convection greenhouse dryer (NCGHD) for vermicelli drying. Vermicelli samples of diameter …

Sustainable growth of solar drying technologies: Advancing the use of thermal energy storage for domestic and industrial applications

VV Tyagi, SK Pathak, K Chopra, A Saxena… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Modern technology has advanced the development of solar dryers, utilizing solar radiation
to efficiently remove moisture from various materials, including agricultural products, textiles …

A review of solar and solar‐assisted drying of fresh produce: state of the art, drying kinetics, and product qualities

ID Boateng - Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global demand exists for high‐quality fresh produce. Nevertheless, the quality of fresh
produce is severely impacted by its perishability due to its high moisture content. Therefore …