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Saffron Drying with a Heat Pump–Assisted Hybrid Photovoltaic–Thermal Solar Dryer

Hamid Mortezapour Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Mechanics of Agricultural Machinery, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Barat Ghobadian Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Mechanics of Agricultural Machinery, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Saeid Minaei Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Mechanics of Agricultural Machinery, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammad Hadi Khoshtaghaza Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Mechanics of Agricultural Machinery, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Pages 560-566 | Published online: 23 Mar 2012

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