A comprehensive review of hybrid solar dryers integrated with auxiliary energy and units for agricultural products

D Kong, Y Wang, M Li, J Liang - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar energy as a clean and abundant energy source has been widely utilized in the drying
domain. Much research has focused on the drying system driven by solar energy to improve …

A comprehensive state-of-the-art review on the recent developments in greenhouse drying

A Ahmad, O Prakash, A Kumar, R Chatterjee… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drying via solar energy is an environmentally friendly and inexpensive process. For
controlled and bulk level drying, a greenhouse solar dryer is the most suitable controlled …

[HTML][HTML] Parabolic trough solar collectors: A sustainable and efficient energy source

A Ahmad, O Prakash, R Kausher, G Kumar… - Materials Science for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fossil fuels are a finite resource that is becoming increasingly expensive. Solar energy is a
renewable resource that has the potential to provide a lifetime supply of energy. Parabolic …

Thin layer modeling of drying kinetics, rehydration kinetics and color changes of osmotic pre-treated pineapple (Ananas comosus) slices during drying: Development …

R Biswas, MA Hossain, W Zzaman - Innovative Food Science & Emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop an effective and safe drying protocol for pineapple fruits. The
combination of different osmotic pre-treatments and drying temperatures were used to …

Drying kinetics and economic analysis of bitter gourd flakes drying inside hybrid greenhouse dryer

A Ahmad, O Prakash, A Kumar - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
In this study, a heat storage–based hybrid greenhouse dryer has been developed and
analysed for drying bitter gourd flakes under the climatic condition of Ranchi, India …

Experimental investigation of mixed mode ultraviolet tent house solar dryer under natural convection regime

G Verma, N Dewangan, HK Ghritlahre, M Verma… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A mixed mode natural convection ultraviolet (UV) tent house solar dryer is designed and
installed at University Teaching Department, Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical …

Efficient simulation of bitter gourd drying in active solar dryer: A state-of-the-art model

L Kumar, O Prakash - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Greenhouse drying system is used to dry agricultural products or low-temperature thermal
drying using a greenhouse structure. In this paper, an experimental and simulation study is …

Drying kinetics and performance analysis of thermal storage-based hybrid greenhouse dryer for uniform drying of tomato flakes

A Ahmad, O Prakash, A Kumar… - Journal of …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This communication focuses on the experimental investigation of mixed heat storage-based
hybrid greenhouse dryer. The proposed system is a combination of a solar air heater and a …

Performance analysis of natural and forced convection mixed mode UV tent house solar dryer for potato drying

S Kumar, N Dewangan, G Verma… - Energy Sources, Part …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A solar dryer that uses solar radiation and a mixed mode of operation was
installed. The dryer includes a flat plate collector with 1.12 m2 area covered by 5.0 mm …

A systematic review on greenhouse type solar dryers

KB Amonovich, MM Salimovich, SK A'zamovich - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Food and Agriculture Organization reports show that farmers today lose 35–45
percent of their crops during harvesting and transportation due to various reasons. One third …