Solar‐thermal driven drying technologies for large‐scale industrial applications: State of the art, gaps, and opportunities

I Kamfa, J Fluch, R Bartali… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Research and Innovation (R&I) on Large‐scale Industrial Solar‐thermal driven
Drying technologies (LISDs) is one of the strategies required to transition to a low‐carbon …

Impact of air flow rate on drying of apples and performance assessment of parabolic trough solar collector

F Ullah, M Kang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of the study was to find the performance of parabolic trough solar collector used for
the dehydration process of seasonal fruits with the effect of air flow rates. The experiment …

Design and realization of a new solar dryer assisted by a parabolic trough concentrator (PTC) with a dual-axis solar tracker

SEB Salah, A Benseddik, N Meneceur, A Zine… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This article presents the design, fabrication, and testing of a new solar dryer equipped with a
tracking system. The dryer was assisted by a cylindrical-parabolic concentrator which moved …

Performance evaluation of improved indirect flat-plate solar collector drier with integrated phase change material for drying kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa A. chev.)

F Ullah, K Hasrat, S Iqbal, S Kumar, M Mu… - Journal of Stored Products …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study presents an innovative approach to enhancing the drying process of kiwifruit
(Actinidia deliciosa A. Chev.) by integrating a phase change material (PCM) into a flat-plate …

Effect of air mass flow rate on the performance of a mixed-mode active solar crop dryer with a transpired air heater

A Kuhe, JS Ibrahim, LT Tuleun… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
A mixed-mode active solar crop dryer with a transpired solar air heater was developed and
tested under Makurdi, Nigeria prevailing weather conditions. The transpired solar collected …

Retracted: Experimentally investigated the asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) drying with flat‐plate collector under the natural convection indirect solar dryer

F Ullah, M Kang, MK Khattak… - Food Science & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The above article, published online on 21 February 2018 in Wiley Online Library
(wileyonlinelibrary. com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal …

Performance evaluation of parabolic trough solar collector with solar tracking tilt sensor for water distillation

F Ullah, M Kang - Energy & Environment, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The distilled water production by the application of the parabolic trough solar collector
technology has its significant importance that still needs further exploration. The current …

Experimentally Investigated the Development and Performance of a Parabolic Trough Solar Water Distillation Unit Concerning Angle-Wise

F Ullah - Technology in Agriculture, 2021 - books.google.com
The PTC performance was evaluated at four (ie, 25o, 35o, 45o, and 55o) different adjusting
Angles and it clearly showed that the adjusting Angles is highly significant, affecting the …

Experimental investigation of the comparison of compound parabolic concentrator and ordinary heat pipe-type solar concentrator

F Ullah, MK Khattak, K Min - Energy & Environment, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In this research study, we have compared between the two different concentrators with the
flat absorber plate receiver of the compound parabolic concentrator heat pipe solar …

11. Experimental studies on re-hydration of vacuum freeze-dried Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) with a hydrophilic substance

F Ullah - Pure and Applied Biology (PAB), 2020 - thepab.org
Vacuum freeze-drying is one of the best water removal methods, with final products of the
highest quality. The solid-state of water during freeze-drying protects the primary structure …