Recent advances in sustainable drying of agricultural produce: A review

RO Lamidi, L Jiang, PB Pathare, YD Wang, AP Roskilly - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Quests for sustainability, food security and need to decouple food prices from fluctuating
prices of finite fossil fuels are the drivers to sustainable processing and storage of …

A review on solar greenhouse dryer: Design, thermal modelling, energy, economic and environmental aspects

G Srinivasan, P Muthukumar - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This article provides an extensive review on design, thermal modelling approaches, and
economic, energy and environmental aspects of solar greenhouse dryers developed for …

Environmental and economic analysis of novel hybrid active greenhouse solar dryer with evacuated tube solar collector

P Singh, MK Gaur - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2021 - Elsevier
The novel hybrid active greenhouse solar dryer is developed in which a heat exchanger is
kept inside the dryer that also acts as a drying bed. The hot water from the evacuated tube …

A novel thermal energy storage integrated evacuated tube heat pipe solar dryer for agricultural products: Performance and economic evaluation

A Abi Mathew, V Thangavel - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the design, development, and performance analysis of novel thermal energy
storage integrated evacuated tube heat pipe solar dryer was investigated. A new common …

Experimental performance and economic viability of evacuated tube solar collector assisted greenhouse dryer for sustainable development

S Singh, RS Gill, VS Hans, TC Mittal - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A walk-in type solar greenhouse dryer supplemented with solar air heating system has been
developed with an objective of sustainable development. One of its novel features is the use …

Energy analysis of hybrid solar tunnel dryer with PV system and solar collector for drying mint (MenthaViridis)

MA Eltawil, MM Azam, AO Alghannam - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
This work aims to develop a hybrid portable solar tunnel dryer and enhance its performance
using solar photovoltaic system and flat plate solar collector for drying peppermint. The solar …

Prioritization of potential barriers to the implementation of solar drying techniques using MCDM tools: A case study and map** in INDIA

A Dwivedi, V Goel, SK Pathak, A Kumar - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present scenario, food security is one of the major concerns in the Indian context;
engendered due to increased population and other associated anthropological activities …

Exergy and environmental analysis of an active greenhouse dryer with Al2O3 nano-embedded latent heat thermal storage system: An experimental study

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin, K Ghachem, L Kolsi - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, influences of integrating nanoparticles into paraffin-based latent heat thermal
energy storage system on the thermal and drying behaviors of a greenhouse dryer have …

Effect of ventilated solar-geothermal drying on 3E (exergy, energy, and economic analysis), and quality attributes of tomato paste

T Hadibi, A Boubekri, D Mennouche, A Benhamza… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to explore the feasibility of suitable drying technology of tomato-paste, four solar
drying methods were employed, namely (i) Basic Solar-drying Mode (SDM),(ii) Solar …

Drying kinetics and economic analysis of bitter gourd flakes drying inside hybrid greenhouse dryer

A Ahmad, O Prakash, A Kumar - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
In this study, a heat storage–based hybrid greenhouse dryer has been developed and
analysed for drying bitter gourd flakes under the climatic condition of Ranchi, India …