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Design and performance evaluation of a Double-pass solar drier for drying of red chilli (Capsicum annum L.)
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In this paper, a double-pass solar drier (DPSD) and a traditional open-air sun drying for drying of red chilli in central Vietnam were compared.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy.The article was published on 2011-03-01. It has received 129 citations till now.read more
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A review of solar drying technologies
TL;DR: The status of solar crop drying technologies in developing countries is presented in this paper, where the various designs of solar dryers, its types and performance analysis are reviewed and special attention is given to the solar drying technologies that facilitate drying of crops in off-sunshine hours.
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Progress in solar dryers for drying various commodities
TL;DR: In this article, a review of various types of solar dryers namely, direct solar dryer, indirect solar drier, hybrid solar drierer and their various drying applications are represented.
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Solar drying of agricultural products: A review
A.A. El-Sebaii,S.M. Shalaby +1 more
TL;DR: The use of solar energy in recent years had reached a remarkable edge as mentioned in this paper and continuous research for an alternative power source due to the perceived scarcity of fuel fossils is its driving force.
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Performance analysis of solar drying system for red chili
Ahmad Fudholi,Kamaruzzaman Sopian,M. H. Yazdi,Mohd Hafidz Ruslan,Mohamed Gabbasa,Hussein A. Kazem +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the performance analysis of solar drying system for red chili was concerned with performance analysis, energy and exergy analyses of the solar drying process were performed, and the results showed that the efficiency was 28, 13, 45, and 57% at an average solar radiation of 420 W/m2 and a mass flow rate of 0.07
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Experimental investigation of an indirect-mode forced convection solar dryer for drying thymus and mint
A.A. El-Sebaii,S.M. Shalaby +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an indirect-mode forced convection solar dryer was designed and fabricated for thin-layer solar drying of mint and thymus and reached the final moisture contents after 34 and 5h, respectively.
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Handbook of Industrial Drying
TL;DR: In this article, Arun S. Mujumdar and Zdzislaw Pakowski discuss the fundamental principles, classification, and selection of spray dryers for various industrial spray drying processes.
Worldwide regulations for mycotoxins in food and feed in 2003
H. P. van Egmond,M.A. Jonker +1 more
TL;DR: An international inquiry formed the basis for this publication and resulted in the publication “Worldwide regulations for mycotoxins in food and feed in 2003”.
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Review of solar-energy drying systems II: an overview of solar drying technology
O. V. Ekechukwu,Brian Norton +1 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the various designs, details of construction and operational principles of the wide variety of practically-realised designs of solar-energy drying systems reported previously is presented in this article.
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A comprehensive procedure for performance evaluation of solar food dryers
TL;DR: In this article, a detailed review of parameters generally used in testing and evaluation of different types of solar food dryers is presented, giving the methodology, test conditions and a sample evaluation sheet.
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Conventional and alternative processes for spice production – a review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the major problems associated with conventional spice production and provided a review of alternative technologies developed very recently, and concluded that there is a need for the development of innovative technologies for the production of high quality spices.