Handbook of Postharvest Technology presents methods in the manufacture and supply of grains, fruits, vegetables and spices. It details the physiology, structure, composition and characteristics of grains and crops, as well as cooling and preservation techniques to maintain quality and decrease spoilage and withering of agricultural products.

Despite being one of the oldest, most energy-intensive unit operations, industrial drying is perhaps the least scrutinized technique at the microscopic level. This edition changes that trend with comprehensive information on the technologies involved in industrial drying.

It is a pleasure to present this volume consisting of a selection of papers presented at the 4th International Drying Symposium (IDS) held in Kyoto, July 9-12, 1984, under the sponsorship of the Society of Chemi cal Engineers, Japan. This book includes full texts of the ten keynote lectures and several papers which were presented in the technical sessions in the 4th IDS. As editors we had the arduous and unpleasant task of selecting papers for this volume. We were delighted with the high quality manuscripts sub mitted. We are grateful to the authors for their efforts in meeting the manuscript...

By far the most commonly encountered and energy-intensive unit operation in almost all industrial sectors, industrial drying continues to attract the interest of scientists, researchers, and engineers. The Handbook of Industrial Drying, Fourth Edition not only delivers a comprehensive treatment of the current state of the art, but also serves as a consultative reference for streamlining industrial drying operations.

New to the Fourth Edition:

• Computational fluid dynamic simulation
• Solar, impingement, and pulse combustion drying
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