This review presents the current status of solar air heating systems in various sectors and
industries and its prospect of integration with existing drying methods. Most of published …

Due to the expansion of residents, the consumption of non-renewable energy increased
enormously, thus indirectly increasing pollution and affecting the surroundings. To reduce …

This research introduces a novel hybrid system integrating solar drying, solar distillation,
and photovoltaic thermal panels, aimed at drying agricultural products, producing clean …

The conversion of solar energy into thermal energy using a solar water heating system
seems to be a viable technology. Nanofluids are a well-established method of increasing the …

The energy and exergy (2E) analysis were executed in the present work on indirect natural
and forced convection solar dryers (NISD and FISD) and the outcomes were compared. The …

A numerical attempt was carried out for enhancing the heat transfer phenomena of the solar
air collector (SAC) by providing triangular corrugations over the SAC using the commercial …

In this study, eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) and Light Gradient Boosting (LightGBM)
algorithms were used to model-predict the drying characteristics of banana slices with an …

This paper investigates the effectiveness of an indirect solar dryer (ISD) specifically
designed for the geographical and climatic conditions of Meknes (Morocco). The constructed …

In this study, a direct expansion heat pump assisted solar drying system was proposed and
applied for drying Lentinus edodes. The operation modes of this system were divided into …

Drying agricultural products in open sun drying (OSD) is a well-known and ancient
technology. OSD has a lot of limitations and these can be eliminated by employing various …