Drying of apricots using a proficient dish type solar air heater

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1102-1106

  Khalil, Muhammad Hanif ^a   Khan, Muhammad Aamir ^a   Ramzan, Muhammad ^a   Rahman, Masood Ur ^a   Khan, Maazullah ^b   Amin, Muhammad ^a   Ali, Akhtar ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NIFA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Air Flow Rates; Apricots; Dish type Air Heater; Drying Rate; Efficiency; Moisture Lost; Solar energy conservation; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904259240     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2012.18.08.364     Document Type: Article

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