Review of solar dryers with latent heat storage systems for agricultural products

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 876-880

  Bal, Lalit M ^a,b   Satya, Santosh ^a   Naik, S N ^a   Meda, Venkatesh ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Latent heat storage systems; Phase change material; Solar dryer; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY AVAILABILITY; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY SUPPLIES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EXCESS ENERGY; INEXPENSIVE ENERGY; LATENT HEAT STORAGE SYSTEM; NEW SOURCES; PHASE CHANGE; SOLAR DRYING; SOLAR DRYING SYSTEMS; SOURCE OF ENERGY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRYING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR DRYERS; SOLAR RADIATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 78149407875     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.09.006     Document Type: Review

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