Preservation of fruits through drying—A comprehensive review of experiments and modeling approaches

M Kilic, M Sahin, A Hassan… - Journal of Food Process …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A significant part of the world's population still has problems in accessing food. The growing
world population will exacerbate this issue in the future. Innovative studies conducted in this …

Experimental and numerical study of the effect of integrating plus-shaped perforated baffles to solar air collector in drying application

A Khanlari, HÖ Güler, AD Tuncer, C Şirin, YC Bilge… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar thermal systems like solar water and solar air collectors (SCs) are generally used
because of their simple structure and high thermal efficiency. Solar air collectors could be …

Effect of turbulator modifications on the thermal performance of cost-effective alternative solar air heater

F Afshari, A Sözen, A Khanlari, AD Tuncer, C Şirin - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the past years, there has been a huge growth in the solar energy research,
development and progress, due to being a renewable, economical and non-polluting energy …

Mechanistic understanding of case-hardening and texture development during drying of food materials

T Gulati, AK Datta - Journal of Food Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
A mechanistic framework for quality development such as shrinkage and case hardening in
drying would allow new insights making the final quality in a drying process more …

Convective drying of food materials: An overview with fundamental aspect, recent developments, and summary

C VP - Heat Transfer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Convective drying is an ancient technique to dry moist materials. Many experimental and
numerical studies on convective drying enriched the knowledge of researchers and …

CFD coupled heat and mass transfer simulation of pineapple drying process using mixed-mode solar dryers integrated with flat plate and finned collector

P Rani, PP Tripathy - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The present research deals with the analysis of 3-dimensional computational models to
analyze the airflow, temperature profile of dryer coupled with heat transfer of pineapple …

Drying municipal sewage sludge with v-groove triple-pass and quadruple-pass solar air heaters along with testing of a solar absorber drying chamber

A Khanlari, A Sözen, F Afshari, C Şirin… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Everyday a large amount of sewage sludge is produced in cities and proper and
environmentally friendly municipal wastewater treatment is needed. Finding a convenient …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of shrinkage, real density, porosity, heat and mass transfer coefficients during indirect solar drying of cocoa beans

BK Koua, PME Koffi, P Gbaha - Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural …, 2019 - Elsevier
Drying is a main process of conservation used for cocoa beans and it is so essential to
control its drying parameters. In this study, shrinkage, density, porosity, and heat and mass …

Numerical modeling of heat and mass transfer during convective drying of cylindrical quince slices

DA Tzempelikos, D Mitrakos, AP Vouros… - Journal of Food …, 2015 - Elsevier
A numerical model for non-steady heat and mass transfer during convective drying of
cylindrical quince slices, with axis parallel to the air flow, is developed. The model is based …

Testing of a novel convex-type solar absorber drying chamber in dehumidification process of municipal sewage sludge

AD Tuncer, A Sözen, F Afshari, A Khanlari… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Each day high portion of municipal wastewater sludge is generated in cities and develo**
a suitable and environmentally friendly treatment technique for municipal wastewater is …