Energy, exergy, and techno-economic performance analyses of solar dryers for agro products: A comprehensive review

A Ahmadi, B Das, MA Ehyaei, F Esmaeilion… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to continuous growth in population and sharp increase in energy and food demand,
research on alternative energy sources independent of fossil fuels has increased over the …

Thermal modelling of solar heating of biogas plant: a review

GN Tiwari, RK Mishra, AK Singh - International Journal of Ambient …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Temperature is one of the critical factors that affect the biogas production. The production of
biogas in the digester decreases with a decrease in temperature. The temperature of the …

Sustainability and 4E analysis of novel solar photovoltaic-thermal solar dryer under forced and natural convection drying

A Gupta, B Das, A Biswas, JD Mondol - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Developing a sustainable photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) solar drying system is essential to
maintain zero carbon emission in the drying process. This work represents the drying of star …

Enhancing the performance of a greenhouse dryer with natural dolomite powder-embedded latent heat thermal energy storage unit and air-to-air heat recovery system

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Greenhouse drying systems (GDSs) are grouped in direct-type solar dryers and are widely
utilised because of their easy applicability, high product drying capacity and cost …

Development and testing of novel photovoltaic-thermal collector-based solar dryer for green tea drying application

A Gupta, A Biswas, B Das, BV Reddy - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A sustainable solar based PVT tea drying system has been developed to minimize the
dependency on the non-renewable commercial tea drying system. In this work, the effect of …

Exergy and environmental analysis of an active greenhouse dryer with Al2O3 nano-embedded latent heat thermal storage system: An experimental study

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin, K Ghachem, L Kolsi - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, influences of integrating nanoparticles into paraffin-based latent heat thermal
energy storage system on the thermal and drying behaviors of a greenhouse dryer have …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Design, realization and comparison of three passive solar dryers. Orange drying application for the Rabat site (Morocco)

H Krabch, R Tadili, A Idrissi - Results in Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This research carried out on drying kinetics and quality of dried orange slices in three
indirect solar dryers with natural convection, to compare the thermal performance of solar …

An environmental and economic evaluation of solar photovoltaic thermal dryer

A Gupta, B Das, A Biswas, JD Mondol - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The photovoltaic thermal (PVT)-based solar dryer is advantageous in terms of energy-saving
ability, efficiency, self-sufficient design, and ability to work without any additional electrical …

Experimental study of a solar air heater with modified absorber plate through square obstacles with threaded pin fins

PP Borah, KK Pathak, A Gupta, S Roy, B Das - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this present experimental study, a flat absorber plate of a solar air heater (SAH) is
modified through square obstacles with threaded pin fins to rate the performance of the SAH …