Drying kinetics of food materials in infrared radiation drying: A review

DSA Delfiya, K Prashob, S Murali… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, many infrared (IR) and IR‐assisted drying methods such as IR‐hot air, IR‐
vacuum, IR‐microwave, and vibration aided IR‐dryer have been reported for drying of food …

Energy and exergy analysis of a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system used in solar dryer: A numerical and experimental investigation

E Çiftçi, A Khanlari, A Sözen, İ Aytaç, AD Tuncer - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors can be applied in order to concurrently generation of
electrical and thermal energy. In the present study, a vertical hybrid PVT solar dryer has …

Experimental and numerical analysis of a grooved hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar drying system

AD Tuncer, A Khanlari, F Afshari, A Sözen… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) systems are sustainable applications that allows to produce
thermal and electrical energies simultaneously. In this work, a sustainable solar drying …

Energy and exergy analysis of a vertical solar air heater with nano-enhanced absorber coating and perforated baffles

A Khanlari, AD Tuncer, A Sözen, İ Aytaç, E Çiftçi… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the effect of applying nano-enhanced absorber coating on the energetic and
exergetic performance of an unglazed vertical solar air heating system has been analyzed …

Recent efforts in developing agricultural product drying processes using solar energy

SW Sharshir, A Joseph, G Peng, AW Kandeal… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Dried foods, especially fruits, have become a requirement of many fields in most societies
not limited only to developing countries that often preserve food for periods of drought …

Experimental and numerical study on a novel fanless air-to-air solar thermoelectric refrigerator equipped with boosted heat exchanger

F Afshari, E Mandev, B Muratçobanoğlu, AF Yetim… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Peltier cooling systems are generally small, portable and simple in operating principle
compared to conventional vapor compression cooling systems. For these reasons, Peltier …

Sustainability and 4E analysis of novel solar photovoltaic-thermal solar dryer under forced and natural convection drying

A Gupta, B Das, A Biswas, JD Mondol - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Developing a sustainable photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) solar drying system is essential to
maintain zero carbon emission in the drying process. This work represents the drying of star …

Thermal characterization of coolant Maxwell type nanofluid flowing in parabolic trough solar collector (PTSC) used inside solar powered ship application

W Jamshed, C Şirin, F Selimefendigil… - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
Parabolic trough solar collectors (PTSCs) are generally utilized to reach high temperatures
in solar-thermal applications. The current work investigates entropy production analysis and …

Experimental analysis of combined utilization of CuO nanoparticles in latent heat storage unit and absorber coating in a single-slope solar desalination system

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin, HF Öztop - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this survey, impact of combined utilization of copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles both in
thermal energy storage unit and absorber coating (matt black paint) on the performance of a …

Experimental analysis of CPV/T solar dryer with nano-enhanced PCM and prediction of drying parameters using ANN and SVM algorithms

MO Karaağaç, A Ergün, Ü Ağbulut, AE Gürel, I Ceylan - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a concentrated photovoltaic-thermal solar dryer (CPV/TSD) using nano-
enhanced PCM (Al 2 O 3-Paraffin wax) is experimentally studied. A comprehensive …