Thermal and Nonthermal Encapsulation Methods

ISBN-13: 9781138035430 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 272 str.

Magdalini Krokida

Opis

Encapsulation is a topic of interest across a wide range of scientific and industrial areas from pharmaceutics to agriculture for the protection and controlled release of various substances. Since encapsulated materials can be protected from external conditions, encapsulation enhances their stability and maintains their viability.This book offers a comprehensive review of modern methods for drying and focuses especially on drying methods for encapsulation. It covers various thermal and nonthermal drying and encapsulation methods applied across a number of industries, including superheated steam drying, infrared drying, osmotic dehydration, freeze drying, and electrospinning. The book presents basic fundamentals, principles, and applications of each method, enabling the reader to gain extended knowledge, and also details appropriate mathematical models that include equations describing the process, the required data, and solving algorithm for each process. Particular emphasis is given to analysis of the accuracy and reliability of results by applying sensitivity analysis techniques.

O autorze

Prof. Magdalini K. Krokida is Associate Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering of NTUA. She has been a member of the Laboratory of Process Analysis and Design since 2002. Her field of expertise covers design and optimization of physical processes, design and development of new products (especially foods), determination of the thermophysical properties of materials, as well as evaluation of the economic and environmental impact of several products and processes. Prof. Krokida has a considerable publishing activity, including 2 books, 7 chapters in international publications and more than 100 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, with more than 3000 citations. She has participated in numerous research projects, both as a scientific advisor and as a researcher. She is a reviewer of 10 international journals and has participated as a member of the organizing committee in several scientific congresses. Since 2010, she has been a representative of Greece at the International Scientific Committee of Drying (EFCF Working Party on Drying) and is an ambassador of Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI) in Greece.