Post-harvest losses represent a significant cause of food insecurity worldwide. These losses not only affect the availability of food, but they also impact the economic stability of farmers and communities dependent on these crops. Food drying presents itself as a viable solution...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2024/v12i2222
Allassane Inamé, Boureima Dianda, Traoré Damus Abdoul Aziz, Lareba Adélaïde Ouedraogo, Ki Mibienpan & Kabérou Abdoulaye·Physical Science International Journal·2025
In Burkina Faso, people used non-ecological matérial such as concrete, cement to build their houses.This type of house increases energy consumption.To resolve this problem, some techniques like earth bricks are used to solve this problem. This study aims to stabilize Kounda clay...
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Research Article10.9734/psij/2025/v29i4890
Abdoulaye Compaoré, Boureima Dianda, Gilbert Nana, D. Joseph Bathiebo, Belkacem Zeghmati, Xavier Chesneau & Stéphane Abide·Physical Science International Journal·2018
A numerical modeling of heat transfer in a habitat whose walls are in local materials (compressed earth blocks) is presented. The transfer equations based on the nodal method are solved by an implicit finite difference method and the Gauss algorithm coupled to an iterative proced...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2018/38931
Low heat-air exchange in a dynamic vein of the solar collector still remains one of the major issues to solve in the use of thermal solar energy. These exchanges do not enable to achieve better performance or increased energy efficiency with these Systems. Instead, the fitting of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/20741
Thierry S. M. Ky, Salifou Ouedraogo, Moctar Ousmane, Boureima Dianda, Emmanuel Ouedraogo & Dieudonné J. Bathiebo·Physical Science International Journal·2021
Aims: This paper is about a solar collector made of hemispherical concentrators. This collector is sun tracking free, and used for natural convection. Lenses are used on top of each concentrator to improve its efficiency. Study Design: The Solar collector is made of hemispherical...
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Research Article10.9734/psij/2021/v25i130233