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.

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.

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