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Handmade solar dryer: an environmentally and economically viable alternative for small and medium producers [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 The solar dryer can reduce production costs, energy consumption, waste (use fruits outside the quality standard for fresh consumption) and is an alternative for small and medium producers.
Wellington Souto Ribeiro +12 more
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Performance Evaluation of Solar Radiation for Food and Agriculture Dryer [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 This paper is attempt to utilize the solar radiation in a solar dryer for saving the day-light, energy, and environment. Solar dryer was designed based on thermal analysis heat transfer equations, then it was constructed and tested in Thailand (on a ...
Susuk Sriwichai +6 more
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Energy Nexus, 2023 The development and performance evaluation of a solar Bubble drier (SBD) for drying agricultural produce are presented in this study. In order to evaluate the solar bubble dryer's performance in terms of drying characteristics and end-product economics ...
Yogendra Kumar Jyoti +6 more
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Improving solar dryer performance with automatic control of auxiliary heated air
Energy Reports, 2023 This research aims to design and test automatic auxiliary heating unit for solar dryer cabinets to improve drying performance. The auxiliary heating unit utilizes an infrared furnace with cooking gas, a fin heat exchanger, and a blower.
Patipat Thanompongchart +2 more
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A Practical and Theoretical Study of the Locally Manufactured Vacuum Solar Dryer for Fish Drying [PDF]
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2016 A theoretical and practical study was conducted for the vacuum solar dryer, which locally manufactured to drying of salted and unsalted carp Fish and compared with natural sun drying and vacuum electric dryer in Basrah province for the period from ...
Asaad R.S. Al-Hilphy +2 more
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Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023 A study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of a cabinet-type solar dryer with naturally convection drying specifically for Indian gooseberries. One notable advantage of utilizing a passive solar dryer is its reliance on natural energy sources, such
Chhotelal Prajapati, Tanuja Sheorey
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International Journal of Thermofluids, 2023 High temperature and direct sunlight due to tropical climatic conditions in India causes excessive heating in traditional solar dryer or open air sun drying process.
Pragnan Lad +3 more
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Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023 A solar air heater that operates in the mixed-mode double pass and an absorber plate has aluminum cans at the top and bottom of the absorber for red pepper drying experiments was conducted in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia climatic conditions.
Ewnetu Tefera +3 more
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Experimental performance of direct forced convection household solar dryer for drying banana
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2020 In this study, the performance of direct forced convection household solar dryer for drying banana is presented. A solar dryer with a polycarbonate plates cover on a flat plate collector was constructed and it was designed in the parabolic shape.
S. Nabnean, P. Nimnuan
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AIJR Proceedings, 2021 Drought of fruits and vegetables is a promising food processing technology that increases shelf life of products for almost a year. It is a value of process that can save the losses of seasonal agriculture products. The Solar dryers can be used to carry food dehydration without on electricity. India is most of agriculture-dependent country.
Patil Nikhil +2 more
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