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1 online resource (155 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Rebecca R. Milczarek -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Solar Drying Systems -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Importance of Drying -- 1.3 Crop Drying Characteristics -- 1.4 Safe Moisture Content -- 1.5 Dried Product Quality Parameters -- 1.6 Classification of Drying -- 1.7 Introduction to Solar Drying -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 2: Drying Methodology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Moisture Content -- 2.3 Moisture Movement Mechanism |
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2.4 Equilibrium Moisture Content (EMC) -- 2.4.1 EMC Models -- 2.4.1.1 Henderson Equation -- 2.4.1.2 Chung-Pfost Equation -- 2.4.1.3 Modified Halsey Equation -- 2.4.1.4 Modified Oswin Equation -- 2.5 Drying Theory -- 2.6 Drying Rate Equation -- 2.6.1 Constant Drying Rate Period -- 2.6.2 Falling Drying Rate Period -- 2.7 Shrinkage -- 2.7.1 Shrinkage Model -- 2.7.2 Volume Shrinkage -- 2.7.3 Bulk Density -- 2.7.4 Particle Density -- 2.7.5 Dry Solids Density -- 2.7.6 Equilibrium Density -- 2.7.7 Porosity -- 2.8 Pretreatments for Drying -- 2.8.1 Pretreatment of Vegetables -- 2.8.2 Pretreatment of Fruit |
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Problems -- References -- Chapter 3: Various Designs of Solar Drying Systems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Open Sun Drying (OSD) -- 3.1.2 Direct Solar Drying (DSD) -- 3.1.3 Indirect Solar Drying (ISD) -- 3.2 Classification of Solar Dryers -- 3.3 Passive Solar Dryers -- 3.3.1 Direct Passive Solar Dryers -- 3.3.2 Cabinet Dryers -- 3.3.2.1 Normal Absorber Cabinet Dryer -- 3.3.2.2 Reverse Absorber Cabinet Dryer (RACD) -- 3.3.3 Greenhouse Dryers -- 3.3.3.1 Definition of Greenhouse Effect -- 3.3.4 Indirect Passive Solar Dryers -- 3.3.5 Mixed Mode Passive Solar Dryers -- 3.4 Active Solar Dryers |
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3.4.1 Direct Active Solar Dryers -- 3.4.2 Indirect Active Solar Dryers -- 3.4.3 Mixed Mode Active Solar Dryers -- 3.5 Hybrid Solar Dryers -- 3.6 Innovations in Solar Dryers -- 3.7 Miscellaneous Design Solar Dryer -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 4: Performance Analysis of Solar Drying Systems -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Drying Efficiency -- 4.3 Coefficient of Performance -- 4.4 Thermal Efficiency -- 4.5 Overall Daily Thermal Efficiency -- 4.6 Exergy Analysis -- 4.7 Exergy Analysis of Various Solar Dryers -- 4.8 Testing Procedure of Solar Dryers in Load and No-Load Conditions |
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4.8.1 Load Condition -- 4.8.2 No-Load Condition -- 4.9 Discussion -- 4.10 Performance Characteristics of Various Solar Dryers -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 5: Thermal Modeling of Solar Drying Systems -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Convective Heat and Mass Transfer -- 5.2.1 Convective Heat Transfer -- 5.2.2 Convective Mass Transfer -- 5.3 Modeling Procedure for Convective Heat Transfer (CHT) -- 5.3.1 Case I: Natural Convection -- 5.3.2 Case II: Forced Convection -- 5.4 Thermal Modeling of Various Types of Dryers -- 5.4.1 Thermal Modeling of Open Sun Drying -- 5.4.1.1 Crop Surface |
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5.4.1.2 Moist Air above the Crop |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Solar food dryers.
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Crops -- Drying
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Food -- Solar drying.
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Crops -- Drying
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Food -- Solar drying
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Solar food dryers
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kumar, Anil (Engineering professor)
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| ISBN |
9781000223460 |
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1000223469 |
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