Chapter 8: Solar drying system
Md Zillur Rahman
1
, and Md Hasanuzzaman
2
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2
Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract
Drying is one of the most energy-intensive processes in drying agricultural and industrial products where fuel or another conventional energy source is used to heat the air before drying the product. However, solar energy is a promising renewable energy source for the drying to decrease the energy consumption and carbon footprint during the time of the drying. It is also natural, abundant, sustainable, ...
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