Comprehensive Performance Evaluation and Life Cycle Analysis of a Pebble Bed-Integrated Forced Convection Solar Dryer for Agro-Processing
This paper presents a rigorous thermal, exergetic, environmental and economic performance evaluation of a singleglazed, single-pass, forced-convection indirect solar dryer integrated with a packed-bed sensible heat storage (SHS) unit. Experimental investigations were performed in Coimbatore, India (11.0183°N, 76.9725°E...