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 …

[HTML][HTML] Natural energy materials and storage systems for solar dryers: State of the art

BV Suresh, Y Shireesha, TS Kishore, G Dwivedi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inappropriate food conservation practices along with insufficient and inefficient storage
systems are often responsible for the deterioration in food quality of agricultural products …

A comprehensive review of advanced hybrid technologies that improvement the performance of solar dryers: Photovoltaic/thermal panels, solar collectors, energy …

A Khalil, AM Khaira, RH Abu-Shanab, M Abdelgaied - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar dryers are a well-known technology was utilize to dry various agricultural and food
products. There are some limitations to the use of open sun drying but these limitations can …

New insights of designing thermal insulation and heat storage of Chinese solar greenhouse in high latitudes and cold regions

X Liu, X Wu, T Xia, Z Fan, W Shi, Y Li, T Li - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The demand for the quality and yield requirements of crops in high latitudes and cold
regions is increasing. The traditional structure design of the Chinese solar greenhouse …

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 drying neem (Azadirachta indica) in an evacuated tube solar dryer: performance, drying kinetics and characterization

TSSB Rao, S Murugan - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this experimental study, the performance of an evacuated U-tube solar collector (ETSC)
combined with an indirect solar dryer is investigated, and the obtained results are compared …

Assessment of performance and quality parameters for drying neem leaves in photovoltaic-thermal solar dryer

A Gupta, B Das, A Biswas, JD Mondol - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research objective is to experimentally evaluate the performance of a photovoltaic-
thermal indirect mode solar dryer for drying neem leaves under variable weather conditions …

Energy analysis of evacuated tube solar collector integrating phase change material in northeast China

Y Wu, X Tong, D Li, M Arıcı, C Liu, Y Liu, R Yang… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Evacuated tube solar collectors (ETSCs) are one of the most popular collector types with
regard to solar energy utilization. However, the poor energy performance of ETSCs results in …

Recent efforts in developing agricultural product drying processes using solar energy

SW Sharshir, A Joseph, G Peng, AW Kandeal… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Dried foods, especially fruits, have become a requirement of many fields in most societies
not limited only to developing countries that often preserve food for periods of drought …

Energy and exergy assessment of a novel parabolic hybrid active greenhouse solar dryer

CS Koli, MK Gaur, P Singh - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, a parabolic hybrid active greenhouse solar dryer (PHAGSD) embraced
with a solar air heater (SAH) has been designed and fabricated at MITS Campus, Gwalior …