Modern Drying Technology

This five-volume handbook provides a comprehensive overview of all important aspects of modern drying technology, including only cutting-edge results. Volume 2 brings together the key methods used for drying by a variety of industries. Key topics include the measurement of average moisture content, which covers acoustic levitation, dew point mirror and coulometry, near-infrared spectral imaging, magnetic resonance imaging and X-ray tomography. Characterisation of particles using positron emission particle tracking and submicron scale methodology are also discussed. Both single particle and particle systems are explained and clarified with real examples. Released Volumes of Modern Drying Technology *Volume 1: Computational Tolls at Different Scales ISBN 978-3-527-31556-7 Forthcoming Volumes of Modern Drying Technology *Volume 3: Product Quality and Formulation ISBN 978-3-527-31558-1 *Volume 4: Energy Saving ISBN 978-3-527-31559-8 *Volume 5: Process Intensification ISBN 978-3-527-31560-4 *Set (Volume 1-5) ISBN 978-3-527-31554-3 Professor Dr. Ing. Evangelos Tsotsas took over the Chair of Thermal Process engineering at Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (Germany) in 1994. Prior to this, he was a Senior Process Specialist at the Dow Chemical Company. He has authored more than 150 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and is the recipient of the Hosokawa Award for Innovation in Dyring Research. He serves in various functions in the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the European Multiphase Systems Institute, the International Center of Heat and Mass Transfer and European and the German Working Party on Drying. Professor Arun S. Mujumdar is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore and Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering at the McGill University, Canada. Prior to this, he was President and Principal Consultant of Exergex Corp., Canada. He has authored 2 books and over 60 book chapters, edited or co-edited over 50 books and journals, elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Institute of Chemical Enginerring, India. He was recently awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by the Technical University of Lodz, Poland.