Performance of indirect solar cabinet dryer

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1388-1395

  Sreekumar, A ^a   Manikantan, P E ^a   Vijayakumar, K P ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Bitter gourd drying; Economic analysis; Indirect solar dryer; Solar dryer; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

DISCOLORATION; IRRADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL ENERGY;

ABSORBER PLATES; BITTER GOURD DRYING; INDIRECT SOLAR DRYERS; SUNLIGHT;

SOLAR DRYERS;

EID: 42749093948     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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