The current study focuses on the life cycle assessment and an economic valuation of a natural convection solar greenhouse dryer in Western Maharashtra, India. Solar Greenhouse Dryer is active device that gains radiation incident to surface along with wind energy, it removes moisture from agricultural yield. combination energy primarily used rural settings; hence, very important analyse environm...

An experimental investigation was conducted to study the performance of a novel indirect type free convection solar dryer. The and conventional passive dryer were built. Solar irradiation temperature different locations recorded. air at drying chamber entrance, lower space, upper space temperatures besides thermal efficiency 68, 39, 49 85%, respectively, higher than one.

drying of agricultural products is a sophisticated process with high energy consumption. energy needed for sustainable development, is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity. the performance of a heat recovery assisted solar dryer was evaluated in this study. drying time, collector efficiency, energy consumption, solar fraction and energy recovery fraction were investigated at different ...

Animal and poultry manures have been recognized for centuries as organic fertilizers providing essential nutrients to crops and improving soil structure due to their large input of organic matter. Increasing demand for poultry and egg products has led to intensification of the poultry rearing process, resulting in large amounts of poultry manure. Drying can be used to reduce the environmental i...