Title: Novel hybrid active greenhouse solar dryer with evacuated tube solar collector: energy and exergy analysis

Authors: Pushpendra Singh; Manoj Kumar Gaur

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior, 474005, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior, 474005, India

Abstract: A novel hybrid active greenhouse solar dryer (HAGSD) attached with an evacuated tube solar collector is developed for faster drying of high moisture crops. Bottle gourd is taken as the drying product and dried to 10% moisture content. The energy balance of the greenhouse room air, crop surface, floor, and PV module has been established using the first law of thermodynamics. The exergy balance is also established to predict the heat loss through the dryer more accurately. The maximum exergy efficiency of the dryer is 7.92%, and the overall thermal efficiency of the setup is 7.88%.

Keywords: energy balance; exergy balance; hybrid dryer; greenhouse; bottle gourd.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2023.129798

International Journal of Exergy, 2023 Vol.40 No.3, pp.282 - 302

Received: 31 May 2022
Received in revised form: 03 Aug 2022
Accepted: 07 Aug 2022
Published online: 30 Mar 2023 *

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