A review on indirect type solar dryers for agricultural crops–Dryer setup, its performance, energy storage and important highlights

AB Lingayat, VP Chandramohan, VRK Raju, V Meda - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Inadequate preservation techniques and poor storage provisions lead to deterioration in the
quality of agricultural products. Advanced processing techniques have been used to reduce …

Recent developments in solar drying technology of food and agricultural products: A review

HS El-Mesery, AI El-Seesy, Z Hu, Y Li - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The potential of climate-resilient energy practices depends on the integration of sustainable
energy with energy storage, such as solar energy. Solar energy offers desirable thermal …

Energy, exergy, and techno-economic performance analyses of solar dryers for agro products: A comprehensive review

A Ahmadi, B Das, MA Ehyaei, F Esmaeilion… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to continuous growth in population and sharp increase in energy and food demand,
research on alternative energy sources independent of fossil fuels has increased over the …

A review on the latest developments in solar dryer technologies for food drying process

S Madhankumar, K Viswanathan, MI Taipabu… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar drying is a traditional method for removing moisture from food products. Dryers with
different dimensions and models are often used for drying food products using solar energy …

[HTML][HTML] Natural energy materials and storage systems for solar dryers: State of the art

BV Suresh, Y Shireesha, TS Kishore, G Dwivedi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inappropriate food conservation practices along with insufficient and inefficient storage
systems are often responsible for the deterioration in food quality of agricultural products …

Performance analyses of mixed mode forced convection solar dryer for drying of stevia leaves

DVN Lakshmi, P Muthukumar, A Layek, PK Nayak - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present work, experimental investigations carried out on drying of Stevia leaves in a
newly developed solar dryer of mixed mode forced convection type (MFSCD) and open sun …

A review of solar drying technologies

S VijayaVenkataRaman, S Iniyan, R Goic - Renewable and sustainable …, 2012 - Elsevier
Agricultural products such as coffee, tobacco, tea, fruit, cocoa beans, rice, nuts, and timber
generally require drying through a consistent application of relatively low heat. Traditionally …

Exergetic sustainability and economic analysis of hybrid solar-biomass dryer integrated with copper tubing as heat exchanger

MC Ndukwu, M Simo-Tagne, FI Abam, OS Onwuka… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The aim of this study is to present a new hybrid solar-biomass dryer and carry out thermal
analysis based on energy and exergo-sustainability analysis considering all the available …

Solar drying Technologies: A review and future research directions with a focus on agroindustrial applications in medium and large scale

NM Ortiz-Rodríguez, M Condorí, G Durán… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The food industry accounts for approximately 30% of global energy consumption. In
addition, food-processing activities contribute almost 26% of total greenhouse gas …

Natural and forced air convection operation in a direct solar dryer assisted by photovoltaic module for drying of green onion

LF Hidalgo, MN Candido, K Nishioka, JT Freire… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this research was to develop a direct solar dryer assisted by photovoltaic module
and evaluate its performance under natural and forced convection experiments. The …