AUTHOR=Elwakeel Abdallah Elshawadfy , El-Mesery Hany S. , Elbeltagi Ahmed , Salem Ali , Sabry Ayman , Saleh Dalia I. , Moustapha Moustapha Eid , Abu-Taha Hadeer L. , Elkot Wael F. TITLE=Development, drying characteristics, and environmental analysis of a PV operated automatic solar dryer for drying date JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems VOLUME=9 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1531601 DOI=10.3389/fsufs.2025.1531601 ISSN=2571-581X