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Water Sludge Drying: Modelling of a Solar Thermal Plant for a Solar Vacuum Dryer [PDF]
, 2020 The use of dryers that operate at pressures below atmospheric can be a smart technological solution to allow better matching between commercial solar collectors and solar drying applications.
Bayer, Özgür +16 more
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Performance of a solar assisted solid desiccant dryer for kenaf core fiber drying under low solar radiation [PDF]
, 2014 The solar assisted solid desiccant dryer was used to dry kenaf core fiber at low solar radiation. The solar energy was used to heat water using solar collector and transfer heat to the air via heat exchanger.
Sopian, Kamaruzzaman +4 more
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Design and Evaluation of a New Solar Dryer Equipped with Three Sides Flat Plate Collectors for Drying Tilapia Fish Fillets [PDF]
Aswan University Journal of Environmental StudiesIn the present work, a solar dryer was developed to maximize solar energy. The developed solar dryer was used for drying slated tilapia fish fillets. Three fish fillets with thicknesses of 4, 8, and 12 mm were dried using the developed solar dryer at an ...
Loai Nasrat +4 more
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Heliyon, 2022 The drying of agricultural produce is an important food preservation measure. However, high energy requirements for drying, limited access to energy sources, small-medium scale farmers experience high post-harvest losses of their produce.
Siyabonga Gasa +4 more
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Energy Reports, 2021 This work reports the use of tubular solar dryer for drying the Mexican mint (Plectranthus amboinicus) under various mass of leaves. Experiments were carried out in a tubular solar dryer under natural convection mode with direct solar heating. Parameters
Muruganantham P. +3 more
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Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2015 The main objective is to assess effectiveness of continuous solar dryer integrated with desiccant thermal storage for drying cocoa beans. Two type of desiccants were tested, molecular sieve 13× (Na86 [(AlO2)86·(SiO2)106]·264H2O) as an adsorbent type and ...
Sari Farah Dina +3 more
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Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of Solar Tunnel Dryer for Ginger Drying
International Journal of Photoenergy, 2022 A series of tests were conducted to investigate the performance of a solar tunnel dryer for drying ginger. To supply hot air to the dryer, two axial flow fans with a power rating of 28 W, a supply voltage of 220 V, and a 50 W photovoltaics (PV) module ...
Assefa Tesfaye, Nigus Gabbiye Habtu
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Solar Energy Advances, 2021 This investigation consisted of developing and evaluating solar dryers together with semi-permeable membrane pouches for drying juicy fruits in low-income tropical countries.Two design iterations were carried out including prototype modelling and testing.
Ricardo Bernardo +10 more
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Design, Development and Performance Evaluation of a Small Scale Solar Assisted Paddy Dryer for on Farm Processing [PDF]
Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2016 With the continued escalation in population growth and the expansion of international food trade and demand of high quality product for food security at low cost has created considerable interest in the development of new post-harvest technologies.
Sidrah Ashfaq +2 more
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