Current status and prospect of integrating solar air heating systems for drying in various sectors and industries

A Lingayat, R Zachariah, A Modi - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review presents the current status of solar air heating systems in various sectors and
industries and its prospect of integration with existing drying methods. Most of published …

Energy, exergy, economic and environmental (4E) assessments of a tea withering trough coupled with a solar air heater having an absorber plate with Al-can …

A Sharma, PP Dutta - International Journal of Ambient Energy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Green tea leaves are dried partially at low temperatures (withered) after harvest. The present
study evaluated the energy, exergy, economic and environmental aspects of a solar energy …

Thermal performance study of a PV-driven innovative solar dryer with and without sensible heat storage for drying of Garcinia Pedunculata

P Dutta, PP Dutta, P Kalita - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Uneven drying is the key drawback of a conventional multi-tray dryer. Therefore, an
improved active solar dryer with and without integrated sensible heat storage (SHS) was …

Critical Review on Various Solar Drying Technologies: Direct and Indirect Solar Dryer Systems

CN Deepak, AK Behura - Applied Solar Energy, 2023 - Springer
Food industry being one of the world's largest energy intensive industries, lack of proper
preservation and storage techniques have led to huge amount of food losses and wastage …

Study on thermal property of a solar collector applied to solar greenhouse

J Wang, Q Luo, J Cheng, M Qu, P Wang, S Zhao… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The problem of low indoor ambient temperatures during the cold season has been a
restrictive factor affecting the excellent quality and high yield of plants in solar greenhouses …

CFD numerical investigation of Heat transfer characteristics of Y-shaped solar air heater

H Singh, H Singh, C Kishore - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
The numerical investigation of thermal hydraulic performance of Y-shaped rib rectangular
solar air heater is observed by CFD tool of Ansys Fluent software. This paper explains the …

Evaluation of an improved indirect solar dryer for Curcuma Amada without and with stone chips as thermal energy storage: An investigation on kinetics, energy, exergy …

P Dutta, H Das, PP Dutta, P Kalita - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
The drying kinetics, energy, exergy, quality, and economic studies of a solar dryer with and
without energy storage have been conducted. The original configuration of a solar air …

Performance Studies of Low Temperature Solar Drying of Fresh Tea Leaves (Camellia assamica)

A Sharma, PP Dutta - Applied Solar Energy, 2022 - Springer
Low temperature drying or withering is the first step in tea processing after the tea leaves are
harvested. The process of tea withering was conducted in a newly developed laboratory …

Energy and exergy study of a novel multi-mode solar dryer without and with sensible heat storage for Garcinia pedunculata

P Dutta, PP Dutta, P Kalita - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In the present analysis, a novel four-mode solar dryer was developed and tested for the
drying of Garcinia pedunculata. The four combinations considered were indirect-mode solar …

Solar biomass hybrid drying and quality evaluation of Eryngium foetidum in an innovative newly developed solar dryer

RJB Gohain, PP Dutta - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel solar-biomass powered hybrid drying system has been developed for studying the
drying kinetics, and quality of long coriander (Eryngium foetidum), a medicinal spice. The …