Improvement in greenhouse solar drying using inclined north wall reflection

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1472-1484

  Sethi, V P ^a   Arora, Sadhna ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crop drying; Forced convection; Greenhouse dryer; Natural convection; North wall reflection; Solar dryer

Indexed keywords

BITTER GOURD; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC ZONE; CROP DRYING; DRYING RATES; DRYING TIME; FLOOR AREAS; GREENHOUSE AIR; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; INCLINATION ANGLES; INCLINED WALLS; NORTH WALL REFLECTION; REFLECTED BEAM; REFLECTOR SHEET; SOLAR DRYING; SUMMER MONTHS; WALL REFLECTION;

CROPS; CURING; DEWATERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FORCED CONVECTION; GREENHOUSES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; NATURAL CONVECTION; REFLECTION; SOLAR DRYERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

DRYING;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; TESTING METHOD; THERMAL CONVECTION; VEGETABLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 67651097675     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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