Professor Dr. Ing. Evangelos Tsotsas holds the Chair of Thermal Process Engineering at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany) since 1994. Prior to this, he was a Senior Process Specialist at the Dow Chemical Company. He has authored about 250 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and is the recipient of the Hosokawa Award for Innovation and the ProcessNet Award for Excellence in Drying Research. He serves in various functions in organizations such as the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the European and German Working Party on Drying.Professor Arun S. Mujumdar has been Professor of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering at the McGill University, Canada, and at the National University of Singapore. He has authored 2 books and over 60 book chapters, edited or co-edited over 50 books including the Handbook of Industrial Drying.Member of various professional and scientific associations, he was recently conferred Doctor Honoris Causa by the Technical University of Lodz, Poland, and the University of Lyon, France.

The five-volume series provides a comprehensive overview of all important aspects of drying technology like computational tools at different scales (Volume 1), modern experimental and analytical techniques (Volume 2), product quality and formulation (Volume 3), energy savings (Volume 4) and process intensification (Volume 5).

COMPREHENSIVE DRYING MODELS BASED ON VOLUME AVERAGING. BACKGROUND, APPLICATION AND PERSPECTIVEMicroscopic Foundations of the Macroscopic FormulationThe Macroscopic Set of EquationsPhysical Phenomena Embedded in the EquationsComputational Strategy to Solve the Comprehensive Set of Macroscopic EquationsPossibilities Offered by this Modeling Approach: Convective DryingPossibilities Offered by this Modeling Approach: Less-Common Drying ConfigurationsHomogenization as a Way to Supply the Code with Physical ParametersThe Multiscale ApproachPORE-NETWORK MODELS: A POWERFUL TOOL TO STUDY DRYING AT THE PORE LEVEL AND UNDERSTAND THE INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURE ON DRYING KINETICSIntroductionIsothermal Drying ModelModel ExtensionsInfluence of Pore StructureTowards an Assessment of Continuous ModelsCONTINUOUS THERMOMECHANICAL MODELS USING VOLUME-AVERAGING THEORYIntroductionModelingSimulationLiquid Pressure as Driving ForceConclusionsCONTINUOUS THERMOHYDROMECHANICAL MODEL USING THE THEORY OF MIXTURESPreliminariesGlobal Balance EquationsConstitutive Equations in the Skeletal Frame of ReferenceRate Equations for Heat and Mass TransferDifferential Equations for Heat and Mass TransferThermomechanical Equations for a Drying BodyDrying of a Cylindrical Sample made of KaolinFinal RemarksCFD IN DRYING TECHNOLOGY - SPRAY-DRYER SIMULATIONIntroductionThe Euler-Lagrange Approach: An Extended Model for Spray-Dryer CalculationsDroplet-Drying ModelsCollisions of ParticlesExample of a Spray-Dryer CalculationPrediction of Product PropertiesSummaryNUMERICAL METHODS ON POPULATION BALANCESIntroductionPure BreakagePure AggregationPure GrowthCombined Aggregation and BreakageCombined Aggregation and NucleationCombined Growth and AggregationCombined Growth and NucleationMultidimensional Population BalancesPROCESS-SYSTEMS SIMULATION TOOLSIntroductionNumerical Calculation ProceduresHeat and Mass BalancesScoping Design MethodsScaling MethodsDetailed Design ModelsAncillary CalculationsProcess SimulatorsExpert Systems and Decision-Making ToolsKnowledge Bases and Qualitative InformationCommercialization of Drying SoftwareConclusions

This five-volume handbook provides a comprehensive overview of all important aspects of modern drying technology, including only advanced results. In this first volume diverse model types for the drying of products and the design of drying processes (short-cut methods, homogenized, pore network, and continuous thermo-mechanical approaches) are treated, along with computational fluid dynamics, population balances, and process systems simulation tools. Emphasis is put on scale transitions.