[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] A GIS-AHP approach for determining the potential of solar energy to meet the thermal demand in southeastern Spain productive enclaves

JA Romero-Ramos, JD Gil, JM Cardemil… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the potential of southeastern Spain to host solar thermal plants to meet the heat
demands of its industrial enclaves is assessed and presented. For this, the generation of …

[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 …

Achieving sustainability in heat drying processing: Leveraging artificial intelligence to maintain food quality and minimize carbon footprint

B Yudhistira, P Adi, R Mulyani… - … Reviews in Food …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The food industry is a significant contributor to carbon emissions, impacting carbon footprint
(CF), specifically during the heat drying process. Conventional heat drying processes need …

Exergo-economic analyzes of a combined CPVT solar dish/Kalina Cycle/HDH desalination system; intelligent forecasting using artificial neural network (ANN) and …

N Li, Y Jiang, M Aksoy, JM Zain, TUK Nutakki… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Power and freshwater are two energy-intensive products, which consume a huge amount of
fossil fuels. It is important to supply the aforementioned products using renewable energy …

Sustainable growth of solar drying technologies: Advancing the use of thermal energy storage for domestic and industrial applications

VV Tyagi, SK Pathak, K Chopra, A Saxena… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Modern technology has advanced the development of solar dryers, utilizing solar radiation
to efficiently remove moisture from various materials, including agricultural products, textiles …

Parametric optimization of solar air heaters with dimples on absorber plates using metaheuristic approaches

PK Mahto, PP Das, S Diyaley, B Kundu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The performance optimization analysis of artificially roughened solar air heaters (SAH)
becomes complex due to the inherent difficulties of the optimization analytical processes …

A vision of renewable thermal technologies for drying, biofuels production and industrial waste, gas or water recovery

DM Arias, O García-Valladares, G Besagni… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid population growth and the finite nature of fossil-fuel resources have given rise to an
urgent interest in sustainable energy development. Thermal technologies include several …

Carbon nanotube microbeads for enhanced gas heating in a fluidized bed solar air collector

S Kim, SH Park, YJ Chang, Y Go, SW Kim - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel approach utilizing vertically-aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) as solar heat
absorbers is proposed for efficient gas heating in a concentrated fluidized bed solar air …

A conspectus review on solar drying of wood: regional and technical contrivances

B Kumar, AK Raj, G Szepesi, Z Szamosi - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2023 - Springer
Fuel quality is an important measure to assess as conventional fuel resources have been
depleted at an alarming rate over recent years. For centuries, wood-based biofuels have …