Food waste is one of the biggest challenges we are facing nowadays. According to the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food …

Spent coffee ground (SCG) is an environmental nuisance material, but, if appropriately
processed it can be converted into pellets, and thus, used as an energy source. The …

Solar drying is a common method for preservation of food materials and improving thermal
efficiency of solar collectors is important as the main part of a solar air heating system. One …

Highlights What are the main findings? Using low-cost and reused materials it is possible to
design and construct clean and cheap solar dryer prototypes; Drying kinetics in different …

The objective of this study was to obtain bioactive compounds from extracts of Pleurotus
ostreatus and Pleurotus djamor to be used as reducing agents in the synthesis of silver …

A green approach using hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) to intensify the fuel properties of spent
coffee grounds (SCGs) through torrefaction is developed in this study to minimize …

A performance analysis of indirect natural convection solar dryer (INCSD) was carried out by
drying anti‐diabetic medicinal products like coccinia grandis, allium cepa, and emblica …

Solar drying is one of the many ways of efficiently making use of solar energy to meet the
human demand for improved sustainability. In this study, we describe the construction and …

This paper presents an optimization procedure to minimize the cost of drying in a solar
cabinet dryer based on the results of a mathematical model. The model has been developed …

En México se desperdician, cada año, alrededor de 10 mil toneladas de alimentos
(verduras y frutas), equivalente al 37% de la producción de acuerdo con estudios de la FAO …