MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541116117 A) filed by Nandha Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, on Nov. 24, 2025, for 'linear fresnel solar dryer with integrated tracking, tilting and environment control for medicinal plants and spices.'
Inventor(s) include P. Sandhiyadevi; K. Pradeep Kumar; S. Gowtham; N. K. Kaviya; and S. Sanjay.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a solar thennal drying apparatus utilizing a linear fresnel trough to concentrate incident solar radiation onto a glass-enclosed receiver chamber for hygienic d...