Performance evaluation of a small scale indirect solar dryer with static reflectors during non-summer months in the Saurashtra region of western India

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2686-2696

  Maiti, Subarna ^a   Patel, Pankaj ^a   Vyas, Kairavi ^a   Eswaran, Kruthika ^a   Ghosh, Pushpito K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Collector with reflectors; Design equations; Dryer performance; Food processing; Indirect type solar dryer; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; COLLECTOR WITH REFLECTORS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN EQUATIONS; DIFFUSIVITY EQUATION; DRYER PERFORMANCE; DRYING EFFICIENCY; DRYING PERFORMANCE; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; HEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; INDIRECT TYPE SOLAR DRYER; LOADING CAPACITIES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SMALL SCALE; SOLAR IRRADIATION; TYPICAL DAY;

DRIERS (MATERIALS); DRYING; EFFICIENCY; FOOD PROCESSING; NATURAL CONVECTION; REFLECTION; SOLAR DRYERS;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FOOD PROCESSING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIATION BALANCE; REFLECTOMETRY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER;

GUJARAT; INDIA; SAURASHTRA;

EID: 80053943558     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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