Study and modeling of energy performance of a hybrid photovoltaic/thermal solar collector: Configuration suitable for an indirect solar dryer

•The simulation results are in compliance with the experimental measurements indicated in the previous literature.•The accuracy of the numerical model is due to the presented energy analysis and also to the well-adopted correlations.•A comparative study between two solar photovoltaic/thermal air collectors was carried out.•The thermal efficiency of the analyzed hybrid collector increased by 30.85% compared to the basic configuration.•The air temperature supplied by a double-pass photovoltaic/thermal collector is very suitable for solar drying.