| Preface | v |
| Sponsors | vii |
| Section I PLENARIES |
1 |
| Steam Drying - History and Future R. Wimmerstedt, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden |
3 |
| Spray Drying: Retention of Volatile Compounds Revisited Judson King, University of California, Berkeley, USA |
15 |
| Drying of Solids Containing Multicomponent Moisture: Recent
Developments Z. Pakowski, Lodz Technical University, Lodz, Poland |
27 |
| The Concept of "Identity Drying Card" Patric Perre, ENGREFF, Nancy, France |
39 |
| Osmotic Dehydration. A Process with a Promising Future A.L. Raoult-Wack, CIRAD-SAR, Montpellier, France |
51 |
| Principle and Applications of Characteristic Functions Morio Okazaki, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan |
63 |
| Progress in Understanding Drying: 1964-1994 Roger Keey, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ |
75 |
| A Study of the Powder Density Distribution Generated during the
Combined Microwave and Convective Drying of Softwood Ian Turner, Queensland Uninersity of Technology, Brisbane, Australia |
89 |
| Section II CONCEPTS |
113 |
| A New Approach to Contact Drying Modelling Dominique Farges, M. Hemati, and C. Laguerie, URA 192, Toulouse, France, P. Rosseaux and F. Vachet, Rhone-Poulenc, Decines, France |
115 |
| An Experimental Test of the Concept of the Characteristic Drying Curve
Using the Thin-Layer Method I.C. Kemp and H.S. Pasley, SPS, AEA Technology, Harwell, UK, T.A.G. Langrish, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, Q.J. Zhang and R.B. Keey, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ |
123 |
| A Test of Lumped-Parameter Methods for the Drying Rate in Fluidized
Bed Driers for Bioproducts J.A.M. Kerkhof, Separation Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
131 |
| Derivation of Surface Emission Coefficient in Isothermal Diffusion
Analysis Jen Y Liu, Agriculture Forest Service, Wisconsin, USA |
141 |
| Mathematical Model for the Entropy Analysis of Drying Plants
Radivoje Topic, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
149 |
| Multiple-Effect Superheated-Steam Drying of Woody Biomass Fuels for
Pulverised-Fuel Combustion T.A.G. Langrish, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, L. Arnoux, P.A. Orange, and K. Scott, Convertech LTD, Christchurch, NZ, R.B. Keey, University of Canterbury, NZ |
157 |
| Stickiness - a Comparison of Test Methods and Characterisation
Parameters Humphrey Pasley, AEA Technology, Harwell, United Kingdom, Peter Haloulos, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada |
165 |
| Drying of Deformable Diphase Media: Natural Rubber and Agar Gel I. Mrani, J.C. Benet, and G. Fras, Universite de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, Z. Zirkem, Faculte de Sciences, Marrakech, Morocco |
173 |
| Effect of Fluid Radiation on Evaporation of Water into Laminar Stream
of Superheated Steam Nobuya Nishimura, Tomohiro Nomura, and Hiroyuki Iyota, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan |
181 |
| Experimental Study on Electroosmotic Dewatering of Plastic Clay Bed
Shinkichi Yamaguchi and Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan; Kazuhiko Kato and Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Tokai Rubber Industries, Komaki, Japan |
189 |
| Mathematical Modelling of Immersion Frying: A Novel Use of Drying
Theory Brian E. Farkas, R. Paul.Singh, and Tom R. Rumsey, University of California, California, USA |
195 |
| The Development and Application of a Generalised Model for Sugar
Drying P.J. Tait, A.L. Schinkel, and C.R. Greig, Schultz Tait Greig & Associates, Brisbane, Australia |
203 |
| Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer Characteristics in Drying Process
of Porous Mediums by Microwave Zhen Zheng, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai, China |
213 |
| The Effect of Salt on the Surface Evaporation of a Porous Medium
Maw-Tien Lee, Linng-Hsiung Chou, and Jiing-Chuen Huang, National Institute of Agriculture, Chia-Yi, Taiwan |
223 |
| Characteristics of the Receding Evaporation Front in Convective Drying
A.A. Almbubarak and C.J. Mumford, Aston University, Birmingham, England |
231 |
| Selective Drying by Combined Contact and Convection W. Blumberg and E.U. Schlünder, Institut für Thermische Verfahrenstechnik, Karlsruhe, Germany |
239 |
| Modelling Gas-Phase-Controlled, Continuous Drying of a Solid Wetted
with a Ternary Mixture M. Vidaurre, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Managua, Nicaragua; J. Martinez, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
247 |
| Effect of Pressure on Moisture Transfer during Moisture Adsorption
Joseph Irudayaraj and Yun Wu, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada |
255 |
| Drying Behaviour as Influenced by the Relative Permeability Relations
Wahhi Jomaa and F. Couture, LEPT-ENSAM, Talence, France; J.R. Puigalli, LGPP-ENSIGTI, Pau, France |
263 |
| Concentration Dependent Moisture Diffusivity in Drying of Shrinkable
Commodities G.S.V. Raghavan, T.N. Tulasidas, H.S. Ramaswamy, and S.S. Sablani, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Canada |
277 |
| Modelling of Drying with the Application of Temperature-Time and
Temperature-Moisture Relationships V. Konovalov, E.N. Tugolukov, N.Z. Gatakova, and V.M. Netchaev, Tambov State Technical University, Tambov, Russia |
291 |
| Vapour Diffusion and Oxygen Transport in a Pore J P. Fohr, M. Ben Khalifa, G. Arnoud, Laboratoire d'Etudes Thermiques, Poitiers, France |
307 |
| Section III EQUIPMENT |
315 |
| Heat Transfer in a Quasi-Continuous Vibrated Fluidised Bed Yu Shu-Hong, Anhui Institute, Hefei, China; Ma Baojiao and Weng Yigin, Shanghai Research Institute, Shanghai, China |
317 |
| Automatic Moisture Control of Process Dryers in the Agriculture and
Food Industries Peter Douglas, University of Waterloo, Ontnrio, Canada; G.R. Sullivan, Dantec Systems, Waterloo, Canada |
327 |
| Parametric Studies of an Asymmetrical Two-Dimensional Spouted Bed
Dryer with Draft Channel T. Kudra, B. Ranganna, and G.S.V. Raghavan, CANMET, Varennes, Canada; A.S. Mujumdar and S.S. Sablani, McGill University, Quebec, Canada |
335 |
| Solar Tunnel Driers vs Conventional Dehydrators - A Comparative Study
R.J. Fuller, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia |
343 |
| Hydrodynamic Characteristics of a Spouted Bed Dryer with a Solid and a
Porous Draft Tube Toshifumi Ishikura and Mitsuharu Ide, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma, Japan |
351 |
| Instantaneous Vacuum Drying System Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hosokawa Micron Corporation, Osaka, Japan |
359 |
| Solar Air Heating for Drying W.J. Yan and Y.Y. Hu, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung Hsinchu, Taiwan |
367 |
| Mechanisms of Drop Oscillations; Effect on Mass Transfer G. Otteng-Attakora, C.J. Mumford, and E.L. Smith, Aston University, Birmingham, UK |
375 |
| Drying Kinetics of Free Falling Droplets G. Meerdink and K. van t'Riet, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
383 |
| Drying Characteristics of Tea Fluidised on a Vibrating Bed - Handling
of Dust Grades and its Impact on Quality Rohit M. Shah and Suresh K. Goyel, Kilburn Engineering LTD, Bombay, India |
391 |
| Experimental Investigation on the Drying Characteristics in a
Centrifugal Fluidised Bed Y.L. Hao and M.H. Shi, Southeast University, Nanjing, China |
401 |
| Heat Transfer Considerations in Fluidised and Vigorously Agitated Beds
I. Pikus, Hosokawa Bepex Corporation, Minneapolis, USA |
409 |
| Investigation of Spray Dynamics in a Pilot Spray Dryer by Laser
Initiated Fluorescence Judson King and S. Scott Moor, University of California, Berkeley, USA |
415 |
| Theory and Practice of Dry Air Production by Honeycomb Rotor Adsorbers
Tsutomu Hirose, Motonobu Goto, and Akio Kodama, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; Toshimi Kuma, Seibu Giken Co., Fukuoka, Japan |
423 |
| Research on the Movement of the Two Phases of Gas and Solid in a
Vibrating-Fluidized Bed Dryer Zhang Shaoming and Chen Chuanwen, Nanjing Institute, Nanjing, P.R. China; Chen Guojian, Xian Institute, Xian, P.R. China |
431 |
| A New Algorithm for Dryer Selection I.C. Kemp and Richard E. Bahu, AEA Technology, Didcot, United Kingdom |
439 |
| Control Strategies for Corn Mixed-Flow Dryers Francis Courtois, J.L. Nouafo, and G. Trystram, INRA-ENSIA, Massy, France |
447 |
| Measurements of Particle Residence Time Distributions in a Co-Current
Spray Dryer Frank Kieviet and Piet J.A.M. Kerkhof, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
455 |
| Powder and Air Residence Time Distributions in Countercurrent Spray
Dryers T. Taylor, Unilever Research, Merseyside, England |
463 |
| Drying Principles on Inert Particles in Mechanically Spouted Bed Dryer
Tibor Szentmarjay, E. Pallai, and A. Szalay, MTA MUKKI, Veszprem, Hungary |
471 |
| Automatic Control of Drum Drying of Food Product G. Rodriguez, J. Vasseur, G. Trystram, ENSIA, Massy, France |
479 |
| Mathematical Modeling of Drying of Liquid/Solid Slurries in. Steady
State One-Dimensional Flow David Levi-Hevroni, Avi Levy, and Irene Borde, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel |
487 |
| Analysis of the Drying of Pastes in Conical Spouted Beds J.T. Freire, A.M. Silviera, and W.P. Oliviera, UFSCAR, Sao Carlos, Brazil |
495 |
| Principles for Hydrodynamical and Geometrical Design of Vibrated Bed
Driers M.A. Roques, ESIGTI-LGPP, Pau, France, A. Szalay, MTA MUKKI, Veszprem, Hungary, K. Erdesz, Environmental Protection, Veszprem, Hungary, F. Zagrouba, INRST URNE, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia |
503 |
| Nonadiabatic Two-Stage Counter-Current Fluidized Bed Dryer with Heat
Pump Ola Jonassen, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway; Kjartan Kramer and Ingvald Strommen, Norvegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Erik Vagle, Kvaerner Eureka, Lier, Norway |
511 |
| Industrial Experience in Superheated Steam Fluid Bed Drying under
Pressure of Beet Pulp, Sewage Sludge and Wood Chips, etc. Arne .Sloth Jensen, NIRO A/S, Soeborg, Denmark |
519 |
| An Electrical-Sounding Method for Determining the Moisture-Content
Profiles in Drying Concrete Slabs Roger Keey, J.W. Lovell-Smith, and V. Kerdemelidis, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ; M.J. Cunningham, Building Research Association, NZ |
527 |
| Novel Fluid Bed Drying for the Australian Coal Industry J.P. Beeby and J.B. Smitham, BHP Research Laboratories, Newcastle, Australia |
535 |
| Gas-To-Particle Heat Transfer in a Two-Dimensional Spouted Bed with
Draft Plate S.C. Rocha and R.C. De Aquino, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
543 |
| Flow Model for a Two-Dimensional Spouted Bed Including the Spout Width
Variation S.C. Rocha and E.F. Zanoelo, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
551 |
| Airless Drying Thomas J. Stubbing, Heat-Win Ltd, Bitterley, UK |
559 |
| The Application of a Direct Contact, Superheated Steam Atmosphere
Sludge Dryer and Packaged Cogeneration System with an Anaerobic Digester
System Francis A. Di Bella, Tecogen, Waltham, USA; W. Bastuk, Larsen Engineers, Rochester, USA |
567 |
| Section IV INDUSTRIAL |
581 |
| Drying Behaviour of Chemically Synthesized Bohemite Gel Ceramic
Precursors I.P.Kilbride and A.J. Barker, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK |
583 |
| Energy Efficient Electric Drying Systems for Industry Brian Hesse, SEQEB, Brisbane, Australia |
591 |
| Study of the Effects of Microwave Power on Nucleation during
Evaporative Crystallisation M.A. Roques, ESIGTI-LGPP, Pau, France; A. Szalay, B. Bodor, and T. Szentmarjay, MTA MUKKI, Veszprem, Hungary; F. Zagrouba, INRST-URNE, Hamman-Lif, Tunisia |
599 |
| Preliminary Study of Drying Rate Effects in Radio Frequency Drying
Michel Dosti, L.T.E.E. Hydro-Quebec, Shawinigan, Canada; Philippe Navarri, CETIAT, Villeurbanne, France |
607 |
| Breakdown of Heat Fluxes During Microwave Drying M.A. Roques, ESIGTI LGPP, Pau, France; F. Zagrouba, INRST-URNE, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia; A. Szalay, MTA MUKKI, Veszprem, Hungary |
615 |
| Drying of Solid Fuel Particles in Hot Gases Jaakko Saastamoinen and Risto K. Impola, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Jyvaskyla, Finland |
623 |
| Strategy for Increase Productivity in Rubber Smoking Process
Suteera Prasertsan, S. Sen-Ngam, and P. Kirirat, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand |
631 |
| Drying of Latex in Granule Form: Kinetics and Exploitations B. Naon, G. Berthomieu, C. Saix, and J.C. Benet, Universite Montpellier, Montpellier, France |
639 |
| Drying and Condensation Polymerisation Behaviours of Resin Insulation
Coating Film Yoshinori Itaya, Masato Yoshino, and Masanobu Hasatani, Nagoya University, Nagova, Japan; Yuki Taguchi and Masaya Mori, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Nagoya, Japan |
647 |
| Drying of the High Purity Chlorine in Optical Fibre and Large Scale
Integrated Circuit Kong Xiang Zhi, Guangming Research Institute, Calian, China |
655 |
| Enhancement of Drying Rates in Paper Machines with Multifunctional
Radial Jet Reattachment Blow Boxes-Theoretical Analysis J. Seyed-Yagoobi, R.H. Page, and M.C. Asensio, Drying Research Centre, Texas, USA; F.W. Thiele, ABB Industrial Drying, Wisconsin, US |
661 |
| Drying of Hygroscopic Nitrophosphate Fertilizers V.K. Karia and A.T. Patadia, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers, Narmadanagar, India |
667 |
| Analysis of Steam Flow Behavior in the Packed Bed of Coal Hideyuki Aoki, Makoto Matsuura, and Takatoshi Miura, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
675 |
| Energy Consumption for Industrial Drying Processes in the United
Kingdom Stephen Jay and T.N. Oliver, Aston University, Birmingham, England |
683 |
| Aspects Regarding the Drying of Glycerol Monostearate Elena Ionescu, Research Institute of Synthetic Fibres, Savinesti, Romania; Gheorghita Jinescu, Polytechnic Institute, Bucuresti, Romania |
691 |
| Aromatic Polyamide Drying in Pneumatic Transport Carmen Tebrenecu, Research Institute of Synthetic Fibres, Savinesti, Romania; Gheorghita Jinescu, Polytechnic Institute, Bucuresti, Romania |
699 |