The first edition of Advanced Drying Technologies emphasized emerging equipment, innovative techniques, and cost-effective strategies for a variety of industrial, food, and agricultural applications. Written by two authors with a combined 60 plus years of experience, this new edition continues to present the breakthroughs in thermal dehydration, drying, and dewatering. The book features new chapters on spray freeze drying, fry drying, refractance window drying, and mechanical thermal expression, to name just a few. The book examines dryers for numerous materials such as high-valued, heat-sensitive pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and some foods..

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GENERAL DISCUSSION: CONVENTIONAL AND NOVEL DRYING CONCEPTS. Need for Advanced Drying Technologies. Classification and Selection Criteria: Conventional versus Novel Technologies. Innovation and Trends in Drying Technologies. SELECTED ADVANCED DRYING TECHNOLOGIES. Drying on Inert Particles. Impinging Stream Drying. Drying in Pulsed Fluid Beds. Superheated Steam Drying. Airless Drying. Drying in Mobilized Beds. Drying with Shock Waves. Vacu Jet Drying System. Contact-Sorption Drying. Sonic Drying. Pulse Combustion Drying. Heat Pump Drying. Fry-Drying. SELECTED TECHNIQUES FOR DRYING AND DEWATERING. Mechanical Thermal Expression. Displacement Drying. Vapor Drying. Slush Drying. Atmospheric Freeze-Drying. Spray-Freeze-Drying. Refractance Window. Carver-Greenfield Process. HYBRID DRYING TECHNOLOGIES. Microwave-Convective Drying with Cogeneration. Microwave-Vacuum Drying. Filtermat Drying. Spray-Fluid Bed-Vibrated Fluid Bed Dryer. Combined Filtration and Drying. Radio-Frequency Drying with 50 O Technology. Radio Frequency-Assisted Heat Pump Drying. Radio Frequency-Vacuum Drying. Miscellaneous Hybrid Technologies. OTHER TECHNIQUES. Special Drying Technologies. Index.