Solar drying technology : concept, design, testing, modeling, economics, and environment /: concept, design, testing, modeling, economics, and environment. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Om Prakash, Anil Kumar, editors.
• Editors: Prakash, Om; Kumar, Anil, 1976-
• Contents: Foreword by Akhtar Kalam; Foreword by D.P. Kothari; Foreword by Trilochan Mohapatra; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Part I: Concept of Solar Drying; Fundamental Concepts of Drying; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Batch Dryer; 1.2 Continuous Dryer; 1.3 Convection Dryers; 1.4 Conduction Dryers; 1.5 Radiation Dryers; 1.6 Combined Dryers; 2 Water Activity and Its Significance; 3 Important Properties of Air for Drying; 3.1 Dry- and Wet-Bulb Temperatures; 3.2 Dew Point Temperature; 3.3 Specific Humidity and Relative Humidity; 3.4 Psychrometric Charts. 4 Important Properties of Wet Product4.1 Moisture Content; 4.1.1 Determination of Moisture Content; 4.2 Equilibrium Moisture Content; 4.3 Sorption Isotherms; 5 Mechanism of Drying; 5.1 Drying Curves; 5.1.1 Constant Drying-Rate Period; 5.1.2 Falling-Rate Drying Period; 6 Drying Kinetics; 6.1 Thin-Layer Drying; 6.2 Deep-Bed Drying Analysis; 6.2.1 Non-equilibrium Models; 6.2.2 Equilibrium Model; 6.2.3 Logarithmic Model; 7 Energy Analysis of Dryers; 7.1 Heat Utilization Factor (HUF); 7.2 Coefficient of Performance (COP); 7.3 Drying Effectiveness (DE); 8 Conclusion; References. Solar Drying Systems1 Introduction; 2 Characteristics of Solar Dryers; 3 Classification of Solar Dryers; 3.1 Natural Convection Solar Dryers; 3.2 Forced Convection Solar Dryers; 3.3 Hybrid Solar Dryers; 3.4 Direct Solar Dryers; 3.5 Indirect Solar Dryers; 3.6 Mixed-Mode Solar Dryers; 4 Most Typical Solar Dryer Designs Used in Agriculture; 4.1 Back-Pass and Multi-pass Solar Dryers; 4.2 Cabinet and Box-Type Dryers; 4.3 Chamber Dryers; 4.4 Greenhouse Dryers; 4.5 Polyethylene Tent Dryers; 4.6 Tunnel Dryers; 4.7 In-House Dryers. 1.3.3 The Equilibrium Moisture Content1.4 The Drying Rate Curves; 1.4.1 Phase, Constant Drying Rate; 1.4.2 Phase I, First Falling-Rate Period; 1.4.3 Phase II, Second Falling-Rate Period; 1.5 Sorption Isotherm Curves; 1.5.1 The Sorption Equations; 1.5.2 The BET Equation; 1.5.3 The GAB Equation; 1.5.4 The Bonding Energy; 1.6 Psychrometry in Drying; 2 Mathematical Relations and Modeling of the Drying Processes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Models Using Equations of Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer; 2.2.1 Models Based on Evaporation-Condensation Mechanism.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 621.042; Solar dryers; Solar dryers -- Economic aspects; Solar dryers -- Environmental aspects; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- Alternative & Renewable; Solar dryers; Energy; Renewable and Green Energy; Energy Technology; Energy Harvesting; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811038334; 9811038333; 9811038325; 9789811038327
• Related ISBNs: 9789811038327
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed Sept. 12, 2017).
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