Accelerating drying process of tomato slices in a PV-assisted solar dryer using a sun tracking system

H Samimi-Akhijahani, A Arabhosseini - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This study was aimed to examine the effect of sun tracking system on the solar drying
kinetics of biological materials. A lab-scale PV-assisted solar drying system equipped with a …

Thermo-economic analysis of solar drying of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) integrated with evacuated tube solar collector and phase change material

MSB Jahromi, M Iranmanesh, HS Akhijahani - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, the experimental studies performed through the thermo-economical
analysis of Jerusalem artichoke slices dried by an indirect cabinet solar dryer with …

Experimental study on the solar drying of Rhubarb (Rheum ribes L.) with parabolic trough collector assisted with air recycling system, nanofluid and energy storage …

HS Akhijahani, P Salami, M Iranmanesh… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work the thermo-economical calculation of dried Rhubarb slices in a dryer
integrated parabolic trough solar collector assisted with air recycling mechanism and Al 2 O …

Catalytic infrared and hot air dehydration of carrot slices

B Wu, H Ma, W Qu, B Wang, X Zhang… - Journal of food …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the drying and quality characteristics of carrot slices under catalytic
infrared (CIR) and hot air (HA) heating. Carrot slices with thicknesses of 3, 5 and 7 mm were …

Investigation of dynamic quality changes and optimization of drying parameters of carrots (Daucus carota var. laguna)

R Md Saleh, B Kulig, O Hensel… - Journal of Food Process …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of air temperature and sample thickness on the color changes and total
carotenoids content of carrot slices was investigated. Temperature, exposure time, and …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of drying process variables on the effective moisture diffusivity and activation energy of African oil bean seed

AO Igbozulike, VIO Ndirika, KJ Simonyan - Scientific African, 2023 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the effects of drying temperature, slice thickness and pretreatment on
the effective moisture diffusivity and activation energy of African oil bean seed in a hot-air …

Optimum process parameters and thermal properties of moisture content reduction in water yam drying

CE Henry, TN Jospeh, EO Chijioke… - Asian Journal of …, 2021 - editor.journal7sub.com
The determination of optimum process parameters for moisture content reduction in water
yam drying using a hot air dryer was the aim of this work. Gravimetric method was used to …

[PDF][PDF] Foam-mat drying of passion fruit aril

T Khamjae, T Rojanakorn - International Food Research Journal, 2018 - ifrj.upm.edu.my
This study was aimed to determine the effect of methylcellulose concentration and whipping
time on the properties of passion fruit aril foam. The effect of foam-mat drying conditions on …

[PDF][PDF] Effective moisture diffusivity during hot air solar drying of tomato slices.

HS Akhijani, A Arabhosseini, MH Kianmehr - 2016 - agriculturejournals.cz
Mathematical modelling and effective moisture diffusivity of tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum) was studied during hot air solar drying. An experimental solar dryer with a …

[PDF][PDF] Effective moisture diffusivity, activation energy and specific energy consumption in the thin-layer drying of potato

E Onu Chijioke, K Igbokwe Philomena… - Int. J. Nov. Res …, 2017 - noveltyjournals.com
Thin-layer drying of sweet potato (ipomoea batatas) using hot-air convectional dryer was
studied in order to determine the effective moisture diffusivity, activation energy and the …