Lycopene is a non-provitamin A carotenoid that exhibits several health benefits.
Epidemiological data support a correlation between lycopene intake and the attenuation of …

Drying plays a critical role in processing of various food and bioproducts as significant
amount of moisture need to be removed for further processing. The rate of moisture removal …

This paper investigates the performance of a solar cabinet drying system equipped with a
heat pipe evacuated tube solar collector (ETSC) and thermal storage system with …

The influence of intermittent-microwave drying and hot-air drying on drying characteristics
and rehydration properties of apple slices were compared. Microwave powers have crucially …

The influence of various drying methods, namely hot-air drying (HAD), heat pump drying
(HPD), freeze-drying (FD), and microwave freeze drying (MFD), on the structural …

This study was aimed to examine the effect of sun tracking system on the solar drying
kinetics of biological materials. A lab-scale PV-assisted solar drying system equipped with a …

The growing concerns over product quality have increased demand for high quality dried
food products and encouraged researchers to explore and producers of such products to …

This work aims to develop a standalone hybrid solar greenhouse dryer (GD) integrated with
a PV system and solar collector for smallholder processors of tomatoes postharvest …

Tomatoes are a valuable highly perishable agricultural product that are dried on a large
scale for extending shelf life. The drying of both tomatoes and tomato processing waste can …

Heat pump (HP) dryers have been used as one of the useful and promising drying
techniques in food industries owing to their low energy consumption and costs, high …