part Part I: General Discussion: Conventional and Novel Drying Concepts -- chapter 1 Need for Advanced Drying Technologies -- chapter 2 Classifi cation and Selection Criteria: Conventional versus Novel Technologies -- chapter 3 Innovation and Trends in Drying Technologies -- part Part II Selected Advanced Drying Technologies -- chapter 4 Drying on Inert Particles -- chapter 5 Impinging Stream Drying -- chapter 6 Drying in Pulsed Fluid Beds -- chapter 7 Superheated Steam Drying -- chapter 8 Airless Drying -- chapter 9 Drying in Mobilized Beds -- chapter 10 Drying with Shock Waves -- chapter 11 Vacu Jet Drying System -- chapter 12 Contact-Sorption Drying -- chapter 13 Sonic Drying -- chapter 14 Pulse Combustion Drying -- chapter 15 Heat Pump Drying -- chapter 16 Fry-Drying -- part Part III: Selected Techniques for Drying and Dewatering -- chapter 17 Mechanical Thermal Expression -- chapter 18 Displacement Drying -- chapter 19 Vapor Drying -- chapter 20 Slush Drying -- chapter 21 Atmospheric Freeze-Drying -- chapter 22 Spray-Freeze-Drying -- chapter 23 Refractance Window -- chapter 24 Carver-Greenfi eld Process -- part Part IV Hybrid Drying Technologies -- chapter 25 Microwave–Convective Drying with Cogeneration -- chapter 26 Microwave–Vacuum Drying -- chapter 27 Filtermat Drying -- chapter 28 Spray-Fluid Bed–Vibrated Fluid Bed Dryer -- chapter 29 Combined Filtration and Drying -- chapter 30 Radio-Frequency Drying with 50 Ω Technology -- chapter 31 Radio Frequency–Assisted Heat Pump Drying -- chapter 32 Radio Frequency–Vacuum Drying -- chapter 33 Miscellaneous Hybrid Technologies -- part Part V Other Techniques -- chapter 34 Special Drying Technologies.