Chapter Five

Solar Kilns

A Green Technology for the Australian Agricultural and Forest Industries

M. Hasan, and T.A.G. Langrish     The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Abstract

In this chapter, future opportunities for a relatively simple yet promising and sustainable technology (i.e., solar dryer) in the Australian agricultural and forest industries has been discussed. It also addresses key issues regarding the challenges associated with the performance evaluation of this technology, such as the methodical decisions about why and how different components of energy streams should be taken into consideration. A sustainable method tailored for life cycle performance evaluation of solar dryers has been introduced and illustrated by a case ...

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