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Table 6 Result of exergy analysis (potato) 1st day

From: Potential assessment and experimental analysis of solar vegetable dryer: in case of northern Ethiopia

Time (s)

\({\text{Ex}}_{\text{dco}}\) (kJ/kg)

\({\text{Ex}}_{\text{dci}}\) (KJ/kg)

\({\text{Ex}}_{\text{loss}}\) (KJ/kg)

\({\text{Ex}}_{\text{out}}\) (w)

\({\text{Ex}}_{\text{rad}}\) (w)

\(\eta_{{{\text{Ex}}.{\text{solar}}}}\) (%)

\(\eta_{{{\text{Ex}}.{\text{do}}}}\) (%)

\(\eta_{{{\text{Ex}}.{\text{net}}}}\) (%)

Ta (°C)

Tdco (°C)

Tdci (°C)

\(\bar{c}_{p}\) (KJ/kg. K)

0

0.230

0.330

0.10

323.20

56.52

23.6

35.3

37.9

1.0051

1.0052

3600

0.434

0.531

0.097

207.7

242.66

85.6

77.65

66.5

27.7

44.1

45.9

1.0055

1.0056

7200

0.181

0.187

0.006

164.1

282.34

58.1

96.68

56.2

28.5

49.3

50.8

1.0057

1.0058

10,800

1.381

1.457

0.076

184.1

280.70

65.6

94.49

62.0

28.7

58.4

60.3

1.006

1.0061

14,400

1.479

1.554

0.075

211.7

324.55

65.2

94.93

61.9

29.3

60.1

61.0

1.0061

1.0061

18,000

1.915

1.982

0.067

156.8

243.30

64.4

96.50

62.1

32.1

62.8

64.5

1.0062

1.00625

21,600

1.910

1.987

0.077

222.9

278.10

80.2

95.97

76.9

30.1

65.3

66.9

1.0062

1.0063

25,200

0.981

1.060

0.079

176.7

232.64

75.9

91.89

69.7

30.0

55.9

57.0

1.006

1.00602

28,800

0.613

0.771

0.158

165.5

253.40

65.3

74.23

48.5

29.5

49.1

50.1

1.0057

1.0058

32,400

0.410

0.488

0.078

138.8

201.87

68.8

80.97

55.7

28.6

44.5

46.1

1.0056

1.0056

36,000

0.240

0.350

0.11

155.8

221.4

70.1

54.17

37.9

26.3

38.4

42.1

1.0053

1.0054

39,600

0.266

0.324

0.058

161.5

262.1

61.6

78.19

48.2

24.2

34.2

38.3

1.0051

1.0053