Bücher der Reihe Advances in Drying Science and Technology

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.

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.

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 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.

Mass Transfer-Driven Evaporation from Capillary Porous Media offers a comprehensive review of mass transfer-driven drying processes in capillary porous media, including pore-scale and macro-scale experiments and models. It covers kinetics of drying of a single pore, pore-scale experiments and models, macro-scale experiments and models, and understanding of the continuum model from pore-scale studies. The book:Explains the detailed transport processes in porous media during drying.Introduces cutting-edge visualization experiments of drying in porous media.Describes the pore network models of drying in porous media.Discusses the continuum models of drying in porous media based on pore-scale studies.Points out future research opportunities.Aimed at researchers, students and practicing engineers, this work provides vital fundamental and applied information to those working in drying technology, food processes, applied energy, and mechanical and chemical engineering.¿¿