Saffron drying with a heat pump-assisted hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar dryer

Drying Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 560-566

  Mortezapour, Hamid ^a   Ghobadian, Barat ^a   Minaei, Saeid ^a   Khoshtaghaza, Mohammad Hadi ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heat pump dryer; Hybrid photovoltaic thermal solar collector; Saffron

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR MASS FLOW RATE; AIR TEMPERATURE; DRYER EFFICIENCY; DRYING AIR; DRYING METHODS; DRYING TIME; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENT; HEAT PUMP DRYER; HEAT PUMP UNIT; HEAT PUMPS; HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS; MAXIMUM VALUES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SAFFRON; SPECIFIC MOISTURE EXTRACTION RATES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL SYSTEMS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CROPS; DRYING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW RATE; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOSSIL FUELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR DRYERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 84859620983     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2011.645261     Document Type: Article

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