Thermal Performance Study of Solar Air Dryers for Cashew Kernel: A Comparative Analysis and Modelling Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN)

Table 3

Important results of greenhouse dryer analysis.

SN	Description	Symbol	Value
1	Greenhouse chamber; Energy utilization ratio	EUR	1.15	Energy balance for drying chamber
2	Greenhouse chamber efficiency	η	87%
3	Drying chamber; Efficiency of drying chamber		50.0%
4	Drying rate	DR	1.03 kg/h
5	Greenhouse dryer system; System efficiency		48.2%
6	Specific energy consumption	SEC	12.42 Wh/kg
7	% moisture removed from product	MR	5.26%
8	Amount of moisture content removed		1.27 kg