Exergy-based sustainability indicators for a single layer solar drying process
Citation
Midilli, A., Kucuk, H. (2014). Exergy-Based Sustainability Indicators for a Single Layer Solar Drying Process. In: Dincer, I., Midilli, A., Kucuk, H. (eds) Progress in Exergy, Energy, and the Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04681-5_67Abstract
The main objective of this study is to develop the exergetic sustainability indicators for a single layer solar drying process of the shelled and unshelled pistachio samples. In this regard, the exergetic sustainability indicators such as exergetic efficiency, waste exergy ratio, exergy recoverability ratio, exergy destruction ratio, environmental impact factor, and exergetic sustainability index are defined and estimated by depending on the experimental data obtained from the single layer solar drying process. Accordingly, it is noticed that the rise of waste exergy ratio decreases the exergetic efficiency and exergetic sustainability index while increasing environmental impact factor. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.
