Modeling the performance of the reversed absorber with packed bed thermal storage natural convection solar crop dryer

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 637-647

  Jain, Dilip ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF POST HARVEST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Reversed flat plate absorber; Solar crop drying; Thermal modeling; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DRYING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NATURAL CONVECTION;

REVERSED FLAT PLATE ABSORBER; SOLAR CROP DRYER; THERMAL MODELING; THERMAL STORAGE;

FOOD STORAGE;

DRYING; FARM CROPS; FOOD STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 33746341487     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2005.10.035     Document Type: Article

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