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Environmental and energetic exergetic sustainability of stevia leaf drying in a PVT indirect solar dryer with variable airflow and tray levels.
Abdallah Elshawadfy Elwakeel, Awad Ali Tayoush Oraiath, Abubakr Tantawy, András Székács, Omar Saeed, Mohamed Hamdy Eid, Samy F Mahmoud, Huda Aljumayi, Rahmah N AlQthanin, Said Elshahat Abdallah, Ibraheem A H Yousif, Aml Abubakr Tantawy
Published: 202610.1038/s41598-025-24654-9
Abstract
During the current study, Stevia rebaudiana leaves were dried using a photovoltaic thermal-indirect solar dryer (PVT-ISD), and the influence of tray position inside the drying chamber was assessed using six trays under two airflow rates (0.08 and 0.1…
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