Thermal Performance Analysis of Solar Dryer Integrated with Heat Energy Storage System and a Low-Cost Parabolic Solar Dish Concentrator for Food Preservation

Table 1

Design parameters of the solar parabolic dish concentrator.

S/No.	Parameters	Numerical value	Unit
1	Aperture diameter ()	1	M
2	Focal length ()	0.4	M
3	Depth of the concentrator ()	0.15625	M
4		0.5	M
5	Rim angle ()	63.9	°
6		0.4	—