Full Description
Drying is a crucial industrial process for the preservation and processing of food products. The food industry is continuously searching for cost-effective and energy-efficient drying techniques to remain competitive and meet the demand for high-quality dried food products. Despite the substantial technical literature available on food drying, it remains challenging for scientists and engineers to enhance existing drying systems and product quality. The book, consisting of 14 chapters, addresses various drying techniques, including freeze drying, atmospheric freeze drying, swell drying, multi-flash drying, electro-hydrodynamic drying, pulse combustion drying, foam mat drying, and ultrasound-assisted drying, as well as fluidized bed drying. Additionally, the book covers commodity-specific chapters, such as mushroom drying and the drying and roasting of cocoa and coffee beans. The book also addresses the degradation mechanism and kinetics of vitamin C degradation in fruits and vegetables, kinetics modeling of the drying process for the recovery of bioactive compounds, and energy calculation procedures for dryers. These topics will be beneficial in improving dryer operation and efficiency.
Contents
1. Freeze Drying - R.C. Verma and G.P. Sharma
2. Atmospheric Freeze Drying - Sadhana Sharma, Prabhat K Nema and Siddhartha Singha
3. Multi-flash Drying to Produce Dried and Crisp Foods - J.B. Laurindo, B.A.M. Carciofi, R.L. Monteiro, and J.V. Link
4. Swell Drying - Sabah Mounir, Tamara Allaf and Karim Allaf
5. Drying of Food Materials in Fluidised Beds - Andreas Bück and Evangelos Tsotsas
6. Electrohydrodynamic Drying - Harjeet Singh Brar and Ashutosh Singh
7. Pulse Combustion Drying - Wu Zhonghua
8. Foam Mat Drying - Sabah Mounir
9. Ultrasound Application in Food Drying - Deepti Dashora and Prabhat K. Nema
10. Drying and Roasting of Cocoa and Coffee Beans - C.L. Hii, A.S. Menon and C.L. Chiang
11. Processing and Drying of Mushrooms - Anjaly Shanker M., Sunil Pareek and Prabhat K. Nema
12. The Degradation Mechanism and Kinetics of Vitamin C in Fruits and Vegetables During Thermal Processing - Jun Wang, Chung-Lim Law, A.S. Mujumdar and Hong-Wei Xiao
13. Energy Calculations for Dryers - Panagiotis A Michailidis and Magdalini K. Krokida
14. Modelling of Drying for the Recovery of Bioactive Compounds - Junior Franck Ekorong Akouan Anta, Robert Ndjouenkeu and KSMS Raghavarao
