Experimental study of regenerative desiccant integrated solar dryer with and without reflective mirror

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1543-1551

  Shanmugam, V ^a   Natarajan, E ^b  

^a SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Desiccant drying; Forced convection; Pick up efficiency; Solar dryer; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

BLOWERS; FORCED CONVECTION; INFRARED DRYING; MIRRORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CENTRIFUGAL BLOWERS; DESICCANT DRYING; DRYING TIME; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR DRYERS;

EID: 33846585436     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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