Books in the Advances in Drying Science and Technology series

This book introduces the technology and current best practices and aims to increase the successful industrial implementation of heat pump- assisted dryers. It enables the reader to engage confidently with the technology and provides a wealth of information on theories, current practices, and future directions of the technology. It emphasizes sev

The book shows how to numerically capture important physical phenomena within a spray drying process using the CFD technique. It includes numerical strategies to describe these phenomena, collated from research work and CFD industrial consultation. Along with showing how to set up models, the book helps readers identify the capabilities a

This book provides an overview of the most recent and cutting-edge developments and technologies in the field, focusing on formulation developments and process monitoring, and considering new technologies for process development.

The drying and roasting of cocoa and coffee beans play critical roles in governing the formation of flavor precursors in the early stage and also development of flavor and aroma in the later stage during processing. Hence, qualities of the finished chocolates and coffee powder products are affected greatly by the dried and roasted beans produced. This book discusses the principles and practices of drying and roasting of cocoa and coffee beans, processing equipment, flavor chemistry, and safety and quality. The book will also include recent scientific studies and developments and also from the authors whom are leading experts in the drying and roasting aspects of cocoa and coffee processing.

This Fourth Edition book includes 12 new chapters covering computational fluid dynamic simulation; solar, impingement, and pulse combustion drying; drying of fruits, vegetables, sugar, biomass, and coal; physicochemical aspects of sludge drying; and life-cycle assessment of drying systems. Addressing commonly encountered dryers as well as innovative dryers with future potential, the fully revised text not only delivers a comprehensive treatment of the current state of the art, but also serves as a consultative reference for streamlining industrial drying operations to increase energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the processes and technologies in drying of vegetables and vegetable products. It discusses various technologies such as hot airflow drying, freeze drying, spray drying, solar drying, microwave drying, radio frequency drying, infrared radiation drying, ultrasound assisted drying, and smart drying. It covers drying of different parts and types of of vegetables such as mushrooms and herbs, properties of pigments, nutrients, texture, etc. during drying process and dried products storage, nondestructive measurement and monitoring of moisture and morphological changes during vegetable drying, novel packaging, and computational fluid dynamics.

With more than 12M tons of dairy powders produced each year globally the drying sector accounts to a large extent for the processing of milk and whey. This book is a synthetic and complete reference work for researchers in academia and industry exploring innovations in drying in the dairy industry.