Design and development of energy efficient solar tunnel dryer for industrial drying

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-132

  Rathore, N S ^a   Panwar, N L ^b  

^a MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drying time; Natural convection; Solar tunnel dryer; Surgical cotton

Indexed keywords

COTTON; DRYING; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLAR DRYERS; SURGERY; TUNNELS;

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DRYING TIME; ENERGY EFFICIENT; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR TUNNEL DRYER; TEST LOCATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79451472280     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-010-0279-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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