A review of solar drying technologies

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2652-2670

  Vijayavenkataraman, S ^a   Iniyan, S ^a   Goic, Ranko ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Solar crop drying; Solar dryers; Solar drying technologies

Indexed keywords

AIR DRYING; COCOA BEANS; CROP DRYING; FRUIT DRYERS; FUEL BURNING; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SOLAR CROP DRYING; SOLAR DRYING TECHNOLOGY; STATE-OF-ART TECHNOLOGY;

BEVERAGES; CROPS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRYING; FOSSIL FUELS; FRUITS; SOLAR ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY; TOBACCO;

SOLAR DRYERS;

EID: 84859064871     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.01.007     Document Type: Review

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