An examination of breakthroughs in thermal dehydration, drying and dewatering. The authors emphasize emerging equipment, innovative techniques and cost-effective strategies for a variety of industrial and agricultural applications.

Presents the most recent breakthroughs in thermal dehydration, drying, and dewatering. Emphasizes emerging equipment, innovative techniques, and cost-effective strategies for a variety of industrial and agricultural applications. Offers classification and selection criteria for new and advanced drying systems.

• General discussion
• conventional and novel drying concepts
• need and opportunities 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 bed
• drying with shock waves
• vacu jet drying
• contact
• sorption drying
• sonic drying
• pulse
• combustion drying
• heat
• pump drying
• Selected techniques for drying and dewatering
• Carver
• Greenfield process
• drying in plasma torch
• displacement drying
• vapour drying
• slush drying
• atmospheric freeze
• drying
• Hybrid drying technologies
• radio
• frequency drying with
• ohm technology
• radio
• frequency
• assisted heat
• pump drying
• radio
• frequency
• vacuum drying
• microwave
• convective drying
• vacuum microwave drying
• filtermat drying
• spray
• fluid bed
• vibrated fluid bed drying
• combined filtration and drying
• other hybrid technologies
• Miscellaneous topics
• special drying techniques
• Appendix
• list of symbols