In this era of commercialization, energy scarcity and food security are two of the major global
challenges owing to the continuously growing population. The significant post-harvest food …

Background: Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.), belonging to the Zingiberaceae family, is a
perennial rhizomatous plant of tropical and subtropical regions. The three major chemical …

Solar energy as a clean and abundant energy source has been widely utilized in the drying
domain. Much research has focused on the drying system driven by solar energy to improve …

The research aims to the development and performance evaluation of an infrared-assisted
hybrid solar dryer (IR-HSD) for drying pineapple slices. The IR-HSD contains an evacuated …

A natural convection solar dryer was investigated in this paper with a storage unit in the form
of copper tubes filled with Paraffin wax as a PCM, experimentally and numerically using the …

Modern technology has advanced the development of solar dryers, utilizing solar radiation
to efficiently remove moisture from various materials, including agricultural products, textiles …

This study compares two distributive mode active solar dryers: one featuring a flat plate
collector with non-uniform drying and the other incorporating an evacuated tube collector …

In this study, the effect of infrared (IR) and hot air dryers on the drying properties of saffron
petals was investigated. Drying of saffron petals was done under three level temperature 40 …

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a good source of micronutrients and a highly perishable
vegetable crop. The okra pods were dried in an evacuated tube collector-based novel solar …

A hybrid solar dryer equipped with heat storage unit was constructed with the aims of higher
heat gain and heat storage. The dryer included a photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) unit, a V …