The use of solar energy in recent years had reached a remarkable edge. The continuous research for analternative power source due to the perceived scarcity of fuel fossils isits driving force. It had become evenmore popular as the cost of fossil fuel continues to rise. Of all the renewable sources of energy available,solar energy is the most abundant one and is available in both direct as well as indirect forms. Solar energy applications were divided mainly into two categories: the first is the direct conversion to electricity using solar cells (electrical applications). The second is the thermal applications. The latter include solarheating, solar cooling, solar drying, solar cooking, solar ponds, solar distillation, solar furnaces, solar thermal power generation, solar water heating, solar air heating, etc. Detailed description, fundamentals and previous work performed on solar dryers and solar air heaters, as the vital element for the indirectand mixed modes of solar dryers, were presented in the present review paper.