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 …

Review on solar dryers for drying fish, fruits, and vegetables

SK Natarajan, E Elangovan, RM Elavarasan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
India is one of the highly develo** countries in the world and it has the second-largest
agricultural source of income, which covers 61% of the entire income of the country. The …

Experimental investigation and economic evaluation of a new mixed-mode solar greenhouse dryer for drying of red pepper and grape

A ELkhadraoui, S Kooli, I Hamdi, A Farhat - Renewable energy, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental analysis to investigate the performance of a novel
mixed mode solar greenhouse dryer with forced convection which was used to dry red …

Modeling using a new thin layer drying model and product quality of cocoa

CL Hii, CL Law, M Cloke - Journal of food engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
A new semi-theoretical thin layer model for modeling the air drying of cocoa beans with
overnight tempering at ambient temperature was developed. The new model was a …

[HTML][HTML] Drying characteristics of sardine fish dried with microwave heating

H Darvishi, M Azadbakht, A Rezaeiasl… - Journal of the Saudi …, 2013 - Elsevier
Fresh fish contains up to 80% of water. It is a highly perishable material and having a short
storage life. Therefore, the study of the drying kinetics of fish is necessary. In this study, the …

Experimental analysis of solar fish dryer using phase change material

VM Swami, AT Autee, TR Anil - Journal of Energy Storage, 2018 - Elsevier
The drying process for food preservation is very general for a number of agriculture and food
products. Drying is a better option than refrigeration of food products with respect to the cost …

Drying of red pepper slices in a solar greenhouse dryer and under open sun: Experimental and mathematical investigations

EL Aymen, I Hamdi, S Kooli, A Guizani - Innovative Food Science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present work is mainly focused on the study of the solar drying of red pepper grown in
the North of Tunisia. A new mixed mode solar greenhouse dryer (SGD) with forced …

Development of sensible heat storage based solar hybrid dryer with evacuated tube collector and biomass gasifier for shrimp drying

S Murali, DSA Delfiya, PV Alfiya, MP Samuel, G Ninan - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The work was aimed at develo** an energy-efficient solar hybrid dryer with a biomass-
based gasifier heat backup suitable for drying shrimps even during off-sunshine hours. In …

A systematic review of drying in aquatic products

J Zeng, Y Song, P Cong, Y Cao, J Xu… - Reviews in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Drying is an essential method for the process and storage of aquatic products. With the
removal of water, the occurrence of oxidation, hydrolysis and browning reaction also …

Quality evaluation of solar and microwave dried shrimps–A comparative study on renewable and dielectric heating methods

PV Alfiya, GK Rajesh, S Murali, DSA Delfiya… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The study investigated the quality of shrimp dried under solar and microwave drying
conditions. Microwave drying shortened the drying times to 58.3% as compared to solar …