Description
Book SynopsisDrying is an important unit operation used in industry for processing and preservation of food products. Although a large volume of technical literature is available on drying of foods, it is still challenging for scientists and engineers to improve continuously upon the quality of dried products and existing drying systems. This book will aid processors in their search for cost-effective and energy-efficient drying techniques allowing them to succeed commercially in their ventures as well as to fulfill consumer-demand for high-quality products. Drying Technologies for Foods contains state-of-the art knowledge on several key aspects of drying ranging from fundamental principles, classification and selection, different types of conventional and modern techniques, drying of different food materials, advances in packaging of dried products, control and safety, energy calculation, modeling to advances in food drying.
Comprehensive yet concise chapters cover different types of dryi
Table of Contents
Part I. Fundamentals of Drying. Classification and Selection of Industrial Dryers. Osmotic Dehydration: Applications and Recent Advances. Spray Drying. Microwave Drying of Foods: Principles and Prospects. Microwave Assisted Hybrid Drying of Food and Agricultural Materials. Superheated Steam Dying. Heat Pump Drying. Grain Drying Theory, Practices and Developments. Solar Drying. Solar Tunnel Dryer: An Energizing Drying Technology. Impingement Drying: Applications and Future Trends. Modeling of Drying. Computational Modeling Techniques for Drying of Food Products. Advances in Food Drying. Part II. Vacuum Drying of Foods. Refractance Window Drying System. Fruit Leathers. Recent Technologies and Trends in Medicinal Herb Drying. Drying of Proteins. Thermal Energy Storage Assisted Solar Dryers. Supercritical Drying. Functional Properties of Spray Dried Fruit and Vegetable Powders. Antioxidants in Dried Food Products. Sorption Isotherm Technique for Studying Deliquescence and Caking Phenomena in Foods. Control and Safety Measures in Food Dryers. Recent Advances in Packaging of Dried and Dehydrated Foods. ANN Principles and Applications in Modeling and Control of Food Dryers. Principles, Applications and Prospects of Computer Vision in Food Drying.
