Drying '92: Pts. A & B

These volumes constitute the formal proceedings of the 8th International Drying Symposium (IDS' 92) held in Montreal, August 2-5, 1992. Some 300 papers were submitted to the symposium which amply testifies to the continuing growth of research and development around the world in the field of drying and particularly the recognition by industry of the significance of the solids drying operation. The impetus for this growth is provided not only by the energy-intensiveness of thermal drying but also by the previously neglected environmental implications (e.g. greenhouse gas emission due to burning of fossil fuels), product quality, productivity enhancement, safety of operation etc. Readers will find papers covering all of these aspects in this work. All aspects of drying and selected topics in nonthermal dewatering are covered in both depth and breadth. Almost all industrial sectors where drying is a significant operation are represented. Papers are written by academics as well as industrial practitioners from different disciplines and various parts of the world. The book reflects the prime motivating criteria of the series of symposia viz. to provide a truly global forum for the exchange of ideas across disciplines and to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas across industrial sectorial boundaries.

Table of Contents:
Section I. Plenary / Keynotes / Invited Lectures. Optimization of Quality of Dehydrated Foods and Biomaterials (M. Karel). Measurement and Modelling of Intraparticle Drying Kinetics: A Review (E. Tsotsas). Food Drying and Quality Interactions (J.J. Bimbenet, A. Lebert). Relating Moisture Transfer Rate in Rice to Kernel Quality (T.J. Siebenmorgen). Spray Drying - Maturity or Opportunities? (R.E. Bahu). Drying of Ceramics Made by Sol-Gel Processing (G.W. Scherer). Electromagnetic Wave Energy in Drying Processes (P.L. Jones). Heat and Mass Transfer Considerations in Dielectrically-Enhanced Drying (P.S. Schmidt et al.). Fundamentals of Enhanced Scalar Transport in Strongly Oscillating and/or Resonant Flow Fields as Created by Pulse Combustion (J.O. Keller et al.). Effect of Operation Conditions of Drying and Pyrolysis on the Formation of Fine Particles Produced by the Spray Pyrolysis Method (S. Deguchi et al.). Deformation Characteristic of Ceramics During Drying (H. Hasatani, Y. Itaya). Advanced Dewatering Techniques and Their Impact on Drying Technologies (H.S. Muralidhara). Impinging Streams (IS) and Their Application to Drying (A. Tamir). Novel Drying Technologies for Particulates, Slurries and Pastes (T. Kudra). Section II. Fundamental Studies in Drying (14 papers). Section III. Modelling and Simulation (10 papers). Section IV. Spray Drying (5 papers). Section V. Dielectric Drying (10 papers). Section VI. Infrared Drying (7 papers). Section VII. Drying of Particulate Materials (4 papers). Section VIII. Drying of Foods (14 papers). Section IX. Drying of Paper (21 papers). Section X. Drying of Wood (3 papers). Section XI. Drying of Advanced Materials (5 papers). Section XII. Industrial Drying (11 papers). Section XIII. Drying of Agricultural Products (25 papers). Section XIV. Novel Drying (11 papers). Section XV. Miscellaneous Topics (26 papers). Contributors Index.