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Analytical and experimental study of a modular solar dryer

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  • Farkas, I.
  • Seres, I.
  • Mészáros, Cs.

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A plenty of recently established small Hungarian farms need new small scale agricultural equipment to expand the productivity and to fulfil the increasing quality control demand. As a response for this demand a modular solar dryer was developed and built which can help the quality saving with renewable energy. In this paper the features and the operation of the dryer is presented first. The effect of the solar air collector module for the physical properties of drying air was studied along with the calculation of efficiency, too. The mass flow of the drying air through the system is one of the most important factor concerning to the whole process, for that reason the velocity distribution is also presented. Finally some measuring results are presented for drying of apple.

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  • Farkas, I. & Seres, I. & Mészáros, Cs., 1999. "Analytical and experimental study of a modular solar dryer," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 16(1), pages 773-778.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:16:y:1999:i:1:p:773-778
    DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00278-X
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    1. Fudholi, A. & Sopian, K. & Ruslan, M.H. & Alghoul, M.A. & Sulaiman, M.Y., 2010. "Review of solar dryers for agricultural and marine products," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 1-30, January.
    2. Zoukit, Ahmed & El Ferouali, Hicham & Salhi, Issam & Doubabi, Said & Abdenouri, Naji, 2019. "Simulation, design and experimental performance evaluation of an innovative hybrid solar-gas dryer," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 189(C).
    3. Kabeel, A.E. & Hamed, Mofreh H. & Omara, Z.M. & Kandeal, A.W., 2017. "Solar air heaters: Design configurations, improvement methods and applications – A detailed review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 1189-1206.
    4. Murthy, M.V. Ramana, 2009. "A review of new technologies, models and experimental investigations of solar driers," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 835-844, May.
    5. P. Barnwal & G. N. Tiwari, 2008. "Life cycle energy metrics and CO 2 credit analysis of a hybrid photovoltaic/thermal greenhouse dryer," International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Oxford University Press, vol. 3(3), pages 203-220, July.
    6. Kumar, Mahesh & Sansaniwal, Sunil Kumar & Khatak, Pankaj, 2016. "Progress in solar dryers for drying various commodities," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 346-360.

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