Performance assessment and modeling techniques for domestic solar dryers

Shimpy, M Kumar, A Kumar - Food Engineering Reviews, 2023 - Springer
Solar dryers have always been criticized for their lower performances. There are numerous
ways to define the performance of a solar drying system such as thermal performance …

Application of carbon-based nanomaterials in solar-thermal systems: An updated review

AD Tuncer, Y Badali, A Khanlari - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing the world population makes it necessary to look for alternative and sustainable
energy resources to meet the rising energy demand. In recent years, the utilization of …

Experimental and numerical analysis of a grooved hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar drying system

AD Tuncer, A Khanlari, F Afshari, A Sözen… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) systems are sustainable applications that allows to produce
thermal and electrical energies simultaneously. In this work, a sustainable solar drying …

Energy and exergy analysis of a vertical solar air heater with nano-enhanced absorber coating and perforated baffles

A Khanlari, AD Tuncer, A Sözen, İ Aytaç, E Çiftçi… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the effect of applying nano-enhanced absorber coating on the energetic and
exergetic performance of an unglazed vertical solar air heating system has been analyzed …

Techno-economic analysis of greenhouse solar dryer for drying agricultural produce

N Philip, S Duraipandi, A Sreekumar - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The numerous benefits of solar drying over open sun drying have resulted in extensive
research in the field of solar dryers. This research paper describes the development and …

Experimental analysis of combined utilization of CuO nanoparticles in latent heat storage unit and absorber coating in a single-slope solar desalination system

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin, HF Öztop - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this survey, impact of combined utilization of copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles both in
thermal energy storage unit and absorber coating (matt black paint) on the performance of a …

Performance analysis and identification of an indirect photovoltaic thermal dryer with aluminum oxide nano-embedded thermal energy storage modification

C Şirin, F Selimefendigil, HF Öztop - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the current paper, different thermal energy storage unit-integrated photovoltaic thermal
(PVT) air collectors with and without nanoparticles have been designed, fabricated and …

Analysis of an infrared-assisted triple-flow prototype solar drying system with nano-embedded absorber coating: An experimental and numerical study

A Khanlari, AD Tuncer - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the impact of combined usage of infrared heater and nano-improved absorber
coating in the triple-flow solar dryer (TFSD) has been analyzed. In the first stage of the study …

Experimental and transient CFD analysis of parallel-flow solar air collectors with paraffin-filled recyclable aluminum cans as latent heat energy storage unit

AD Tuncer, A Amini, A Khanlari - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, it is aimed to improve the overall performance of a parallel-flow solar air
collector (PSC) using phase change material (PCM)-based latent heat energy storage unit …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the performance of a greenhouse drying system by using triple-flow solar air collector with nano-enhanced absorber coating

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin, K Ghachem, L Kolsi… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this research, the impacts of utilizing nano-embedded absorber coating in an auxiliary
heater of a greenhouse drying system on the thermal and drying performances have been …