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Evaluating water sorption isotherms, drying kinetics and exergy performance of traditionally earth mortar drying system based on hybrid solar-electrical dryer

Mounir Kouhila (Team of Solar Energy and Medicinal Plants EESPAM, Laboratory of Processes for Energy & Environment ProcEDE, Department of Physics, Normal Graduate School, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco)
Younes Bahammou (Team of Solar Energy and Medicinal Plants EESPAM, Laboratory of Processes for Energy & Environment ProcEDE, Department of Physics, Normal Graduate School, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco)
Hamza Lamsyehe (Team of Solar Energy and Medicinal Plants EESPAM, Laboratory of Processes for Energy & Environment ProcEDE, Department of Physics, Normal Graduate School, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco)
Zakaria Tagnamas (Team of Solar Energy and Medicinal Plants EESPAM, Laboratory of Processes for Energy & Environment ProcEDE, Department of Physics, Normal Graduate School, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco)
Haytem Moussaoui (Team of Solar Energy and Medicinal Plants EESPAM, Laboratory of Processes for Energy & Environment ProcEDE, Department of Physics, Normal Graduate School, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco)
Ali Idlimam (Team of Solar Energy and Medicinal Plants EESPAM, Laboratory of Processes for Energy & Environment ProcEDE, Department of Physics, Normal Graduate School, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco)
Abdelkader Lamharrar (Team of Solar Energy and Medicinal Plants EESPAM, Laboratory of Processes for Energy & Environment ProcEDE, Department of Physics, Normal Graduate School, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco)

International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation

ISSN: 2398-4708

Article publication date: 15 June 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

The paper aims to evaluate drying performance of earth mortar by solar drying for more durability, minimize pathologies in traditional construction and determine the influence of temperature and humidity on the microstructure of earth mortar using static gravimetric method.

Design/methodology/approach

A convective solar dryer was used for the pretreatment of building and solid materials for construction.

Findings

The humidity influences the mortar sorption – surface water sorption of earth mortar increased with increasing temperature.

Originality/value

The study used a novel method for pretreatment building materials by using solar dryer.

Keywords

Citation

Kouhila, M., Bahammou, Y., Lamsyehe, H., Tagnamas, Z., Moussaoui, H., Idlimam, A. and Lamharrar, A. (2022), "Evaluating water sorption isotherms, drying kinetics and exergy performance of traditionally earth mortar drying system based on hybrid solar-electrical dryer", International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-05-2021-0073

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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