part Part I. Fundamental Aspects -- chapter 1 Principles, Classification, and Selection of Dryers -- chapter 2 Experimental Techniques in Drying -- chapter 3 Basic Process Calculations and Simulations in Drying -- chapter 4 Transport Properties in the Drying of Solids -- chapter 5 Spreadsheet-Aided Dryer Design -- part Part II. Description of Various Dryer Types -- chapter 6 Indirect Dryers -- chapter 7 Rotary Drying -- chapter 8 Fluidized Bed Dryers -- chapter 9 Drum Dryers -- chapter 10 Industrial Spray Drying Systems -- chapter 11 Freeze Drying -- chapter 12 Microwave and Dielectric Drying -- chapter 13 Solar Drying -- chapter 14 Spouted Bed Drying -- chapter 15 Impingement Drying -- chapter 16 Pneumatic and Flash Drying -- chapter 17 Conveyor Dryers -- chapter 18 Infrared Drying -- chapter 19 Superheated Steam Drying -- chapter 20 Special Drying Techniques and Novel Dryers -- part Part III. Drying in Various Industrial Sectors -- chapter 21 Drying of Foodstuffs -- chapter 22 Drying of Fish and Seafood -- chapter 23 Grain Drying -- chapter 24 Grain Property Values and Their Measurement -- chapter 25 Drying of Fruits and Vegetables -- chapter 26 Drying of Herbal Medicines and Tea -- chapter 27 Drying of Potato, Sweet Potato, and Other Roots -- chapter 28 Osmotic Dehydration of Fruits and Vegetables -- chapter 29 Drying of Pharmaceutical Products -- chapter 30 Drying of Nanosize Products -- chapter 31 Drying of Ceramics -- chapter 32 Drying of Peat and Biofuels -- chapter 33 Drying of Fibrous Materials -- chapter 34 Drying of Textile Products -- chapter 35 Drying of Pulp and Paper -- chapter 36 Drying of Wood: Principles and Practices -- chapter 37 Drying in Mineral Processing -- chapter 38 Dewatering and Drying of Wastewater Treatment Sludge -- chapter 39 Drying of Biotechnological Products -- chapter 40 Drying of Coated Webs -- chapter 41 Drying of Polymers -- chapter 42 Drying of Enzymes -- chapter 43 Drying of Coal -- part Part IV. Miscellaneous Topics in Industrial Drying -- chapter 44 Dryer Feeding Systems -- chapter 45 Dryer Emission Control Systems -- chapter 46 Energy Aspects in Drying -- chapter 47 Heat Pump Drying Systems -- chapter 48 Safety Aspects of Industrial Dryers -- chapter 49 Control of Industrial Dryers -- chapter 50 Solid–Liquid Separation for Pretreatment of Drying Operation -- chapter 51 Industrial Crystallization -- chapter 52 Frying of Foods -- chapter 53 Cost-Estimation Methods for Drying.