Recent advancements in indirect solar dryer performance and the associated thermal energy storage
Results in EngineeringDrying is a fundamental process for preserving agricultural products, involving heat and mass exchanges. As a sustainable selection, researchers are focusing on solar dryers to improve drying efficiency, shorten drying times, and maintain product quality.
Gadisa Desa Shekata +2 more
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RECENT ADVANCES IN SOLAR DRYING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE IN NIGERIA: NSPRI EXPERIENCE
Arid Zone Journal of Engineering, Technology and Environment, 2018 Agricultural products are dried to enhance storage stability, in order to reduce post harvest losses, minimize packaging requirement and reduce transport weight.
A. R. Ade +5 more
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A Review on Solar Drying Devices: Heat Transfer, Air Movement and Type of Chambers
SolarFood 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 produced in the world is lost at some stage between production and ...
Lisete Fernandes, Pedro B. Tavares
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Clothes-dryers: the untaeable appliance? [PDF]
, 1999 Clothes-dryers are among the most voracious of domestic appliances in terms of energy consumption, but until recently there has been little prospect of reducing their appetite.
Belot M
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Acoustical analysis and optimization design of the hair dryers
Noise MappingThe sound qualities and wind speeds of the four commercial hair dryers (Panasonic, Confu, Flyco, and Philips) were investigated through experimental methods in the present study.
Che Luming, Lee Hsiao Mun, Lee Heow Pueh
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A comprehensive procedure for performance evaluation of solar food dryers [PDF]
Solar food dryers are available in a range of size and design and are used for drying various food products. Testing a dryer is necessary to evaluate its absolute and comparative performance with other dryers and the test results provide relevant ...
Augustus Leon, M. +2 more
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Increasing the efficiency of using grain dryers [PDF]
, 1986 Шашкин, А. Б. Повышение эффективности использования зерносушилок : автореф. дис. ... канд. техн. наук : спец. 05.18.03 "Первичная обработка, хранение зерна и другой продукции растениеводства" / Шашкин Аркадий Борисович ; науч. рук. В. И.
Шашкин, А. Б.
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Design of Tray Dryers for Food Dehydration [PDF]
, 1997 A mathematical model for the semi-batch operation of industrial dryers with trucks and trays is presented and analysed. Design aspects are discussed concerning problems involving both single dryer and systems of parallel dryers.
Marinos-Kouris, D. +3 more
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Advances in Coffee Drying: A Comprehensive Review of Traditional, Solar, Mechanical, Hybrid, and Emerging Methods. [PDF]
FoodsDuque-Dussán E +3 more
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Physicochemical and Thermal Evaluation of a Mixed-Mode Greenhouse Solar Dryer for Guava (Psidium guajava L.). [PDF]
J Food SciLucho-Gómez AM +5 more
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