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 …

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 …

Thermal energy storage is a great interest for solar dryer as the availability of solar resource
is intermittent. In this paper, we present an experimental work on a new mixed mode solar …

An indirect forced convection solar dryer integrated with porous sensible heat storage
medium was developed. The effect of porous thermal storage and mass flow rate of air on …

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 …

Potatoes are a very high demand product in the consumer market and are widely available
everywhere in Algeria. With the extensive levels of solar energy across the country, solar …

In this paper, a comparative study of the drying characteristic of thin layer Ghost Chilli
Pepper dried in an indirect-type forced convection solar tunnel dryer and under the open …

This paper presents a comprehensive review of thin-layer drying-curve models available in
the literature and their comparisons for single-layer drying applications from 2003 to 2013. In …

Water contained in foods allows the proliferation of microorganisms and the development of
chemical reactions that deteriorate the product. This experimental study is focused on the …

The development and performance analysis of a small size greenhouse solar dryer
equipped with phase change materials (PCM) for drying food products are reported in this …