Abstract
Low temperature drying systems are commonly used for the drying of agricultural products. The ones which use solar energy as a heat source have been developed and diffused in the past few years.
The evaluation of drying systems1 performance involves consideration of all the components of the system: solar collectors, driers, etc. The correct understanding and modelling of drying phenomena is of fundamental importance to the system’s simulation. This way, the physical mechanisms involved in a drying process are referred, and methods for predicting the drying behaviour of materials are presented.
The influence of various drying parameters — drying temperature, velocity, direct solar radiation incidence — are analysed, for a forced convection system. For a given solar drying system, the contribution of solar energy is quantified.
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Fernandes, E.O., Oliveira, A.C., Santos, A.S. (1987). Low Temperature Drying Systems Insights on the Evaluation of Their Performance. In: Yüncü, H., Paykoc, E., Yener, Y. (eds) Solar Energy Utilization. NATO ASI Series, vol 129. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3631-7_35
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