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  1. Effect of wall design on heat loss and drying kinetics in a solar greenhouse for yellow pepper

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Godwin Akpan

  2. Assessing hygrothermal effects on the evaporative cooling of fruits with waste palm fruit fibre pads

    Article • Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, March 2025, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan

  3. Solar Dryers: A review of mechanism, methods and critical analysis of transport models applicable in solar drying of product

    Article • Green Energy and Resources, March 2025, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan

  4. Safety issues and health risks associated with the use of electrospun/electrosprayed bioactive-loaded structures in food applications

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan

  5. Performance analysis of the thermal flux effect and exergy analysis of a passive evaporative cooled double jacket wet clay-walled storage structure for pre-cooling of tomatoes

    Article • Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Godwin Akpan

  6. Influence of wall insulations and orientation on spatial heat distribution coefficient and thermal time constant for passive solar drying of yellow pepper

    Article • Solar Energy, December 2024, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan

  7. Modification approach of Northern Wall to improve the performance of solar greenhouse dryers: A review

    Article • Green Energy and Resources, December 2024, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan, Prof. MacManus Chinenye Ndukwu

  8. Sustainability analysis and exergy return on investment of a dual-chamber solar PV-powered evaporative cooling system based on conventional and extended exergy approach

    Article • Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Godwin Akpan

  9. Energy and exergy analysis of a natural convection solar greenhouse drier with insulated opaque walls for drying aromatic yellow pepper

    Article • Renewable Energy, October 2024, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan

  10. Development of a Small Dual-Chamber Solar PV-Powered Evaporative Cooling System for Fruit and Vegetable Cooling with Techno-Economic Assessment

    Article • AgriEngineering, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Godwin Akpan, Prof. MacManus Chinenye Ndukwu

  11. Energy Audit and Alternative Energy Source for Sustainable Processing of Cassava Products in Oyo State, Nigeria

    Article • Journal of Engineering Research and Reports, July 2024, Sciencedomain International

    Godwin Akpan

  12. Analysis of drying kinetics and energy consumption of brine pretreated freshwater prawn fillets

    Article • Journal of Food Process Engineering, July 2024, Wiley

    Godwin Akpan

  13. Various Storage Possibilities for Concentrated Solar Power

    Article • June 2024, Wiley

    Godwin Akpan

  14. Influence of loading on the heat transfer rate and specific water consumption of detached loosed fresh palm fruits during vertical mini-batch sterilization

    Article • Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences, May 2024, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan

  15. Design, development and performance evaluation of a motorized periwinkle meat extraction machine

    Article • Acta Aquatica Turcica, April 2024, Suleyman Demirel Universitesi Egirdir Su Urunleri Fakultesi Dergisi

    Godwin Akpan

  16. Biofuel production from cassava processing by-products and processing wastes

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan

  17. Fundamentals of chilling/cooling processes

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan

  18. A comparison of the drying kinetics, energy consumption and colour quality of drying medicinal leaves in direct-solar dryer with different colours of collector cover

    Article • Renewable Energy, November 2023, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan, Prof. MacManus Chinenye Ndukwu

  19. Heat transfer correlations and pressure drop dynamics of palm fibre wetting media for evaporative cooling at different air flow rates

    Article • International Journal of Refrigeration, October 2023, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan, Prof. MacManus Chinenye Ndukwu

  20. Farmers’ Adaptation to Covid-19 Pandemic in Akwa Ibom State

    Article • Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, June 2023, Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology (TURJAF)

    Godwin Akpan

  21. Progressive review of solar drying studies of agricultural products with exergoeconomics and econo-market participation aspect

    Article • Cleaner Environmental Systems, June 2023, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan

  22. Analysis of the influence of outdoor surface heat flux on the inlet water and the exhaust air temperature of the wetting pad of a direct evaporative cooling system

    Article • Applied Thermal Engineering, May 2023, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan

  23. Drying kinetics and thermo-economic analysis of drying hot water blanched ginger rhizomes in a hybrid composite solar dryer with heat exchanger

    Article • Heliyon, February 2023, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan, Prof. MacManus Chinenye Ndukwu

  24. Food Safety and Agrochemicals: Risk Assessment and Food Security Implications

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Godwin Akpan

  25. The dynamics of respiratory heat load produced by orange using different biomass fibres as wetting materials in a direct evaporative cooling system

    Article • Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Godwin Akpan

  26. Thermal dehydration of some forage grasses for livestock feeding: Effect of different methods on moisture diffusivity and the quality of dried leaves

    Article • Energy Nexus, December 2022, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan, Prof. MacManus Chinenye Ndukwu

  27. Perceptions of Akwa Ibom State University Agricultural Students on Practical Year Programme

    Article • SVU-International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, September 2022, Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research

    Godwin Akpan

  28. Predictive Modeling Coupled with Multiple Optimization Techniques for Assessing the Effect of Various Process Parameters on Oil and Pectin Extraction from Watermelon Rind

    Article • Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Godwin Akpan

  29. Mutual and adverse interplay of pretreatments on drying characteristics of taro slices

    Article • JSFA reports, January 2022, Wiley

    Godwin Akpan

  30. Industrial Applications of Biodiversity Potentials in Africa

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Godwin Akpan

  31. Modeling and optimization of thin‐layer drying data of pretreated taro ( Colocasia esculenta ) corm slices

    Article • Journal of Food Process Engineering, October 2020, Wiley

    Godwin Akpan

  32. Experimental investigation of the effect of rotor speed of a horizontal shaft centrifugal palm nut cracker on optimum whole kernel production and shell particle size

    Article • Scientific African, March 2020, Elsevier

    Godwin Akpan