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 …

Solar dryers for food applications: Concepts, designs, and recent advances

Y Mohana, R Mohanapriya, T Anukiruthika, KS Yoha… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Considering the growing energy crisis, the need for green-energy alternatives is inevitable.
Food processing must consider the application of renewable energy for replacing …

A review on solar dryers integrated with thermal energy storage units for drying agricultural and food products

G Srinivasan, DK Rabha, P Muthukumar - Solar energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar dryers utilise solar radiation for producing hot air to dry various food and agricultural
products. The limitation of solar dryers is their inability to achieve continuous drying during …

Changes in curcuminoids and chemical components of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) under freeze-drying and low-temperature drying methods

T Chumroenphat, I Somboonwatthanakul, S Saensouk… - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigated how various drying methods affect the chemical components and
microstructure of turmeric. We used freeze drying (FD), hot-air drying (HD) at 50° C and sun …

A systematic review on the recent advances of the energy efficiency improvements in non-conventional food drying technologies

A Menon, V Stojceska, SA Tassou - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The conventional drying technologies presently used in the food industry are
hot-air based systems that are normally considered as an energy intensive processes with …

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 …

A review on the latest developments in solar dryer technologies for food drying process

S Madhankumar, K Viswanathan, MI Taipabu… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar drying is a traditional method for removing moisture from food products. Dryers with
different dimensions and models are often used for drying food products using solar energy …

Experimental and numerical study of the effect of integrating plus-shaped perforated baffles to solar air collector in drying application

A Khanlari, HÖ Güler, AD Tuncer, C Şirin, YC Bilge… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar thermal systems like solar water and solar air collectors (SCs) are generally used
because of their simple structure and high thermal efficiency. Solar air collectors could be …

Analysis of indirect solar dryer with PCM energy storage material: Energy, economic, drying and optimization

S Madhankumar, K Viswanathan, W Wu, MI Taipabu - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As the food processing industry needs a lot of heat energy to remove moisture from
agricultural products, there is a greater emphasis on solar energy. In this study, the energy …

Technological development in solar dryers from 2016 to 2021-A review

RK Saini, DK Saini, R Gupta, P Verma, R Thakur… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar dryers are cutting-edge equipment that uses solar energy to remove moisture from
various materials, including agricultural produce, textiles, and industrial components. It is …