A mathematical model that allows the determination of the thermal performances of the single-pass solar air collector with offset rectangular plate fin absorber plate is developed. The model can predict the temperature profile of all the components of the collector and of the air stream in the...

The calorific losses through the sidewalls delay drying, particularly in the higher racks of the foodstuff dryers, which provide us information on total drying time. One notes a temperature gradient of the air during its circulation upwards, between the entry and the exit of the empty dryer....