Renewable energy and energy storage systems

ET Sayed, AG Olabi, AH Alami, A Radwan, A Mdallal… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of fossil fuels has contributed to climate change and global warming, which has led
to a growing need for renewable and ecologically friendly alternatives to these. It is accepted …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Progressive review of solar drying studies of agricultural products with exergoeconomics and econo-market participation aspect

MC Ndukwu, M Ibeh, BB Okon, G Akpan… - Cleaner Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
An analysis of review articles on solar drying of agricultural products is presented. The
review also discusses detailed economic evaluation methods and market participation …

Experimental study on drying kinetics and thermal modeling of drying Kohlrabi under different solar drying methods

G Muthuvairavan, SK Natarajan - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In all reported work, the constant specific heat capacity of the drying product was presumed
for the thermal modeling of the drying system, although this is not the case. This paper …

A review of solar and solar‐assisted drying of fresh produce: state of the art, drying kinetics, and product qualities

ID Boateng - Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global demand exists for high‐quality fresh produce. Nevertheless, the quality of fresh
produce is severely impacted by its perishability due to its high moisture content. Therefore …

Drying kinetics and thermo-economic analysis of drying hot water blanched ginger rhizomes in a hybrid composite solar dryer with heat exchanger

MC Ndukwu, EB Augustine, E Ugwu, MI Ibeh, I Ekop… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This research aimed to examine the need of adding hot water blanching pre-treatment on
the drying of ginger rhizomes using a hybrid solar-dryer with paraffin liquid as thermal …

Mathematical modelling of drying kinetics, economic and environmental analysis of natural convection mix-mode solar and sun drying of pre-treated potato slices

DI Onyenwigwe, MC Ndukwu… - … Journal of Ambient …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This research aims to investigate the influence of the sun and mix-mode solar drying of
blanched potato slices on drying kinetics and moisture loss rate and to conduct …

Eco-thermal analysis and response surface optimization of the drying rate of potato slices in a mix-mode solar dryer

DI Onyenwigwe, MC Ndukwu, FI Abam, M Ibeh… - Iranian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
This research aims to establish the interconnectivity between mix-mode solar dryer designs
with carbon and energy cost mitigation using different energy scenarios and study the drying …

Red pepper drying with a double pass solar air heater integrated with aluminium cans

Z Admass, AO Salau, B Mhari, E Tefera - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In this paper, an experimental evaluation of a newly developed flat plate double pass solar
air heater combined with aluminum cans for drying red pepper was presented. The …

Effect of ultrasound‐assisted osmotic dehydration (UAOD) pretreatment on Mangifera pajang Kosterm. fruit pulp: Drying kinetics, chemical qualities, and color …

MDE Mohd Rosdan, MA Awang… - Journal of Food …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Mangifera pajang Kosterm., or'Bambangan,'a fruit known for its rich phytochemical
content, was investigated for the effects of ultrasound‐assisted osmotic dehydration (UAOD) …