[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] 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 …

Energy, economic analysis and mathematical modelling of mixed-mode solar drying of potato slices with thermal storage loaded V-groove collector: Application to …

B Lamrani, Y Elmrabet, I Mathew, N Bekkioui, P Etim… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This research aims to study the thermodynamic and economic feasibility of a mixed-type
solar dryer of potato chips equipped with a V-corrugated solar collector and loaded with a …

Potato slices drying: Pretreatment affects the three-dimensional appearance and quality attributes

JW Bai, Y Dai, YC Wang, JR Cai, L Zhang, XY Tian - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the current study, the effects of steam blanching, saline immersion, and ultrasound
pretreatment on the drying time, three-dimensional (3D) appearance, quality characteristics …

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 …

Drying kinetics and thermo-economic analysis of drying hot water blanched ginger rhizomes in a hybrid composite solar dryer with heat exchanger

MC Ndukwu, EB Augustine, E Ugwu, MI Ibeh, I Ekop… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This research aimed to examine the need of adding hot water blanching pre-treatment on
the drying of ginger rhizomes using a hybrid solar-dryer with paraffin liquid as thermal …

Machine learning, mathematical modeling and 4E (energy, exergy, environmental, and economic) analysis of an indirect solar dryer for drying sweet potato

TK Abdelkader, HAA Sayed, M Refai, MM Ali, Y Zhang… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A developed indirect solar dryer is built and operated to dry sweet potato cubes. Since,
numerous instruments have gathered experimental data to comprehensively evaluate the …

Environmental sustainability and exergy return on investment of selected solar dryer designs based on standard and extended exergy approaches

MC Ndukwu, MI Ibeh, E Ugwu, I Ekop… - Energy Sources, Part …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Different solar dryer designs are available in the literature. However, it is essential to
understand how the performance of the dryer designs contributes to environmental …

Development of FE modeling for hybrid greenhouse dryer for potato chips drying

L Kumar, O Prakash - Journal of Food Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this communication, a combination of heat and mass transfer model was developed using
finite element (FE) model to explain the drying performance of the hybrid greenhouse dryer …

Influence of glazing type on the drying kinetics and thermal performance of indirect solar dryer for jelly candy

M Efendi - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This research aims to evaluate drying kinetics and thermal performance, influenced by the
type of glazing. A novel solar dryer that has a phase-change-materials (PCM), heat-recovery …