An indirect type natural convection solar dryer with integrated collector-storage solar and biomass backup heaters has been designed, constructed and evaluated. The major components of the dryer are biomass burner (with a rectangular duct and flue gas chimney), collector-storage thermal mass and drying chamber (with a conventional solar chimney). The thermal mass was placed in the top part of the biomass burner enclosure. The dryer was fabricated using simple materials, tools and skills, and it was tested in three modes of operation (solar, biomass and solar-biomass) by drying twelve batches of fresh pineapple (Ananas comosus), with each batch weighing about 20 kg. Meteorological conditions were monitored during the dehydration process. Moi...
Natural method of sun drying is weather dependent and time consuming which leads to spoilage and con...
A solar biomass hybrid dryer intially designed with a front pass flat plate solar air heater and a b...
An indirect, natural convection, solar cabinet dryer incorporated with a backup thermal energy stora...
An indirect type natural convection solar dryer with integrated collector-storage solar and biomass ...
An indirect type natural convection solar dryer with integrated collector-storage solar and biomass ...
An indirect type natural convection solar dryer with integrated collector-storage solar and biomass ...
An indirect type natural convection solar dryer with integrated collector-storage solar and biomass ...
Most solar dryers rely on only solar energy as the heat source. This condition limits its use in off...
A mixed mode hybrid solar dryer with biomass integration has been designed, constructed and evaluate...
Drying reduces the moisture content of harvested crops thus slowing decay processes to enable longer...
In Costa Rica, there has been a growing interest to use pineapple fiber from plant, for which curren...
Sustainable biomass resources are limited, especially regionally. The energy content of sustainable ...
Sustainable biomass resources are limited, especially regionally. The energy content of sustainable ...
In many parts of the world there is a growing awareness that renewable energy has an important role ...
This study investigates the industrial-scale application of a simple convective solar drying process...
Natural method of sun drying is weather dependent and time consuming which leads to spoilage and con...
A solar biomass hybrid dryer intially designed with a front pass flat plate solar air heater and a b...
An indirect, natural convection, solar cabinet dryer incorporated with a backup thermal energy stora...
An indirect type natural convection solar dryer with integrated collector-storage solar and biomass ...
An indirect type natural convection solar dryer with integrated collector-storage solar and biomass ...
An indirect type natural convection solar dryer with integrated collector-storage solar and biomass ...
An indirect type natural convection solar dryer with integrated collector-storage solar and biomass ...
Most solar dryers rely on only solar energy as the heat source. This condition limits its use in off...
A mixed mode hybrid solar dryer with biomass integration has been designed, constructed and evaluate...
Drying reduces the moisture content of harvested crops thus slowing decay processes to enable longer...
In Costa Rica, there has been a growing interest to use pineapple fiber from plant, for which curren...
Sustainable biomass resources are limited, especially regionally. The energy content of sustainable ...
Sustainable biomass resources are limited, especially regionally. The energy content of sustainable ...
In many parts of the world there is a growing awareness that renewable energy has an important role ...
This study investigates the industrial-scale application of a simple convective solar drying process...
Natural method of sun drying is weather dependent and time consuming which leads to spoilage and con...
A solar biomass hybrid dryer intially designed with a front pass flat plate solar air heater and a b...
An indirect, natural convection, solar cabinet dryer incorporated with a backup thermal energy stora...