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Hybrid solar dryer
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Hadi Samimi, a PhD student at University of Tehran for the first time in the Islamic Republic of Iran, has managed to design and produce hybrid solar dryer taking advantage of fluid cycle method. The construction of the device formed the subject of Samimi’s doctoral dissertation which was accomplished under the supervision of Akbar Arab Mohammad Hosseini and guidance of Mohammad Hossein Kianmehr. The device has been designed and built for the first time in Iran and will be able to alleviate a portion of difficulties faced in the processing of agricultural products.