A review on air heating applications with evacuated tubes: A focus on series and parallel tube configurations

A Elbrashy, Y Boutera, MM Abdel-Aziz, S Dafea, M Arıcı - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Evacuated tube solar collectors (ETSCs) have gained great interest among researchers in
solar energy applications. The reasons behind that are their high thermal efficiency, wide …

Evacuated tube solar collector-based drying system: analytical modeling, influencing factors, and recent progress in drying of agri-commodities

DK Yadav, S Malakar, VK Arora, N Sinhmar - Food Engineering Reviews, 2024 - Springer
Evacuated tube solar collector (ETSC) has gained significant attention due to its high
thermal efficiency and ability to harness solar energy more effectively as compared to flat …

Performance evaluation, morphological properties and drying kinetics of untreated Carica Papaya using solar hybrid dryer integrated with heat storage material

US AR, E Veeramanipriya - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
In developing country like India, renewable energy plays a vital role in extending technology
for the farmers to enhance the agricultural productivity. The aim of the present work is to …

Performance investigation of an innovative solar heating unit for a powered self-sustained solar dryer

S Baddadi, S Skouri, R Ayed, L Jathar… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drying food is an efficient way to prevent crop decay. However, drying techniques are known
to be intensive processes in which the energy required is usually met by fossil fuels, the …

Evacuated tube collector based solar drying of pre-treated okra (Abelmoschus esculentus): Analysis of thermal performance, bioactive compounds, antioxidant activity …

DK Yadav, VK Arora, A Singh, S Malakar… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a good source of micronutrients and a highly perishable
vegetable crop. The okra pods were dried in an evacuated tube collector-based novel solar …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal comparison of mono-facial and bi-facial photovoltaic cells considering the effect of TPT layer absorptivity

A Radwan, M Mahmoud, AG Olabi, A Rezk… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the widespread utilization of solar photovoltaics (PV), it is becoming increasingly
important to understand its performance using various configurations to harvest solar energy …

[HTML][HTML] Advancements in solar greenhouse dryers for crop drying

YA Demissie, RE Abreham, HM Wassie, MZ Getie - Energy Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Current developments in solar greenhouse dryers for drying agricultural crops are presented
in this paper, with an emphasis on design improvements and thermal performance …

Experimental investigation on the thermal appraisal and sustainability indicator of heat pipe-based indirect solar dryer during Giloy (Tinospora cardifolia) drying

DK Yadav, VK Arora, A Gupta - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2024 - Elsevier
Tinospora cordifolia (Giloy) is an anti-periodic, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic and anti-
diabetic agent in folk medicine. As per ayurveda giloy boosts the immune system. Current …

Case studies and analysis of solar photovoltaics

MKH Rabaia, M Mahmoud, ET Sayed… - … Energy-Volume 1: Solar …, 2023 - Elsevier
This chapter will go through a selected group of case studies that covers different levels of
practices on solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The case studies can be taken as knowledge …

Improving the Drying Mechanism for Seaweed Through the Utilization of Closed-Drying with Modified Solar Air Heaters

RA Rahman, S Sulistyo… - Journal of Asian …, 2024 - ejournals.lib.hkbu.edu.hk
Direct drying for seaweed is preferable for local farmers since it costs no additional
processing. However, the degradation of the dried product causes economic drawbacks …