ABSTRACT

By far the most commonly encountered and energy-intensive unit operation in almost all industrial sectors, industrial drying continues to attract the interest of scientists, researchers, and engineers. The Handbook of Industrial Drying, Fourth Edition not only delivers a comprehensive treatment of the current state of the art, but also serves as a

part |2 pages

Section I Fundamental Aspects

part |2 pages

Section II Description of Various Dryer Types

chapter 6|12 pages

Indirect Dryers

chapter 7|22 pages

Rotary Drying

chapter 8|30 pages

Fluidized Bed Dryers

chapter 9|36 pages

Industrial Spray Drying Systems

chapter 11|10 pages

Drum Dryers

chapter 12|24 pages

Freeze Drying

chapter 13|20 pages

Microwave and Dielectric Drying

chapter 14|48 pages

Solar Drying

chapter 15|20 pages

Spouted Bed Drying

chapter 16|10 pages

Impingement Drying

chapter 17|12 pages

Pneumatic and Flash Drying

chapter 18|12 pages

Conveyor Dryers

chapter 19|16 pages

Infrared Drying

chapter 20|12 pages

Superheated Steam Drying

chapter 21|58 pages

Special Drying Techniques and Novel Dryers

chapter 22|12 pages

Intermittent Drying

chapter 23|16 pages

Pulse Combustion Drying

part |2 pages

Section III Drying in Various Industrial Sectors

chapter 24|24 pages

Drying of Foodstuffs

chapter 25|12 pages

Drying of Fish and Seafood

chapter 26|10 pages

Grain Drying

chapter 27|28 pages

Grain Property Values and Their Measurement

chapter 28|16 pages

Drying of Rice

chapter 29|26 pages

Drying of Fruits and Vegetables

chapter 30|10 pages

Drying of Herbal Medicines and Tea

chapter 32|20 pages

Osmotic Dehydration of Fruits and Vegetables

chapter 33|22 pages

Drying of Pharmaceutical Products

chapter 34|14 pages

Drying of Nanosize Products

chapter 35|12 pages

Drying of Ceramics

chapter 36|10 pages

Drying of Peat and Biofuels

chapter 37|24 pages

Drying of Fibrous Materials

chapter 38|10 pages

Drying of Textile Products

chapter 39|24 pages

Drying of Pulp and Paper

chapter 40|50 pages

Drying of Wood: Principles and Practices

chapter 42|6 pages

Drying in Mineral Processing

chapter 44|12 pages

Physicochemical Aspects of Sludge Drying

chapter 45|22 pages

Drying of Biotechnological Products

chapter 46|20 pages

Drying of Coated Webs

chapter 47|24 pages

Drying of Polymers

chapter 48|10 pages

Drying of Enzymes

chapter 51|24 pages

Drying of Coal

part |2 pages

Section IV Miscellaneous Topics in Industrial Drying

chapter 52|20 pages

Dryer Feeding Systems

chapter 53|32 pages

Dryer Emission Control Systems

chapter 54|24 pages

Energy Aspects in Drying

chapter 55|26 pages

Heat Pump Drying Systems

chapter 56|26 pages

Safety Aspects of Industrial Dryers

chapter 57|18 pages

Control of Industrial Dryers

chapter 59|20 pages

Frying of Foods

chapter 60|20 pages

Simprosys: Software for Dryer Calculations

chapter 61|10 pages

Life Cycle Assessment of Drying Systems

chapter 62|22 pages

Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Aspects of Drying

chapter 63|10 pages

Supercritical Fluid-Assisted Drying

chapter 64|20 pages

Industrial Crystallization