The drying procedure was performed in the form of open sun drying (OSD), and the results of drying kinetics such as moisture ratio (MR), drying rate (DR), and heat transfer coefficient (hc) obtained from both drying methods were compared. The drying experiments were conducted using in-shell peanut to observe the performance of the system. The analyses of Computational Fluid Dynamics were carried out to demonstrate the advantage of the designed drying chamber over the tunnel type drying chamber, which is commonly used in peanut drying. The drying system (SDS) consisted of a new type of a drying chamber and a solar air collector, which were designed, made, and tested in Osmaniye, Turkey. The aim of the present study is to investigate the experimental performance of a solar dryer by using a novel type of a drying chamber for increasing the drying performance and ensuring homogeneous drying. The results will help greatly to understand the characterizations of viscous fluids and in industries like air furnaces and automobile cooling systems. COMSOL multi-physics is utilized for mathematical modeling of problems and the Backward-Differentiation-Formula has been exploited to handle problems numerically. The isothermal contour patterns are observed maximum near the walls, drag coefficient of gradual decrease is observed. Temperature is observed maximum at walls but it gradually increases as moving from the upper boundary towards the lower boundary. Pressure profile around elliptic corners is found maximum, distinct patterns are observed even under the influence of applied heat. The maximum velocity observed is 2.22 m/s. The maximum and minimum velocity profile is observed at the elliptical cylinder's walls and upper, lower boundary respectively. Mesh has been generated through COMSOL, mesh entities have been elaborated statistically. The results for particular step-size time for Velocity distribution, pressure profile, temperature profile, isothermal temperature contours, and drag coefficient have been analyzed. The physics of heat transfer is selected to be coupled with the laminar flow. The Reynolds number is kept 100 for flow to be laminar. In this article, the primary focus is to investigate the heat transfer effects with viscous compressible laminar flow in the permeable elliptic cylinder.

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