Global advancement of solar drying technologies and its future prospects: A review

A Kamarulzaman, M Hasanuzzaman, NA Rahim - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Global energy demand continues to increase with the expansion of the economy activities
and sustainable development. Meanwhile, the world is suffering from pollution and harmful …

Review on the progress of solar water heaters and their future perspectives

IR Nanda, NA Pambudi, M Aziz - Energy Technology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A solar water heater (SWH) converts solar radiation into thermal energy for various
purposes, and its technology has experienced numerous developments. Many studies have …

Impacts of adding porous media on performance of double-pass solar air heater under natural and forced air circulation processes

MMM Salih, OR Alomar, HNS Yassien - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental work on two trapezoidal double-pass solar air heaters
(DPSAH) having double glass covers under natural and forced air circulation conditions to …

An experimental investigation of the performance of new design of solar air heater (tubular)

H Hassan, S Abo-Elfadl, MF El-Dosoky - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
An experimental work on the performance of new design of solar air heater (SAH) called
tubular solar heater (TSAH) is investigated experimentally. In this design, the flat absorber …

Study of the performance of double pass solar air heater of a new designed absorber: An experimental work

S Abo-Elfadl, H Hassan, MF El-Dosoky - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
An experimental study on the performance of double pass Solar Air Heater (SAH) having a
new designed absorber is performed. The new SAH absorber is constructed from conductive …

Performance analysis of triple-pass solar air heater system: Effects of adding a net of tubes below absorber surface

HNS Yassien, OR Alomar, MMM Salih - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article, two triple-pass solar air heater (TPSAH) collectors have been experimentally
investigated to analyse their performances through adding a net of tubes below the absorber …

Thermal performance evaluation of a solar air heater integrated with helical tubes carrying phase change material

A Saxena, N Agarwal, E Cuce - Journal of Energy Storage, 2020 - Elsevier
In this present work, the efforts have been made to improve the efficiency of solar air heater
(SAH). For this, total two models have been developed. There is one reference model SAH …

Design and thermal performance evaluation of an air heater with low cost thermal energy storage

A Saxena, P Verma, G Srivastava, N Kishore - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present experimental study a modified solar air heater (SAH) has been tested which
integrated with cylindrical copper tube carrying low cost thermal energy storage (TES) …

An experimental investigation of a double pass solar air heater performance: A comparison between natural and forced air circulation processes

MMM Salih, OR Alomar, FA Ali, HM Abd - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This work involves an experimental study on a trapezoidal Double-Pass Solar Air Heater
(DPSAH) to analyse its performance under natural and forced convection cases for the …

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 …