| EDITORIAL | ix |
| Capillary Pressure: Some Static and Dynamic Views in Semi-Ordered Media and Their Applicability to Wood Drying G. William Slade | 1 |
| Drying of Solvent Coated Polymer Films Sacide Alsoy, J. L. Duda | 15 |
| Determination of Moist Air Drying Ability Using Chemical Potential of Water Vapour Dimitrije Voronjec, Dragi Antonijevic | 45 |
| Effect of Drying Mode on Drying Kinetics of Onion Piotr P. Lewicki, Dorota Witrowa-Rajchert, Dorota Nowak | 59 |
| Effect of Pretreatment on Kinetics of Convection Drying of Onion Piotr P. Lewicki, Dorota Witrowa-Rajchert, Dorota Nowak | 83 |
| Dehydration of Peaches Without Sulphur Dioxide C. F. Hansmann, Elizabeth Joubert, T. J. Britz | 101 |
| Improving Energy Efficiency in Combined Microwave-Convective Drying A. García, J. L. Bueno | 123 |
| Design of Batch Grape Dryers C. T. Kiranoudis | 141 |
| Experimental Study of Cassava Sun Drying D. N. Njie, T. R. Rumsey | 163 |
| Influence of Process Conditions on the Drying Rate of Cassava Chips in a Solar Simulator D. N. Njie, T. R. Rumsey | 181 |
| Pneumatic Suspension Drying: Modeling and Computational Simulation R. Blasco, G. Díaz, A. Reyes | 199 |
| Slurry Drying in Gas-Particle Contactors: Fluid-Dynamics and Capacity Analysis A. Reyes, G. Díaz, R. Blasco | 217 |
| Heat Pump Drying of Agricultural Materials S. Prasertsan, P. Saen-saby | 235 |
| Heat Pump Dryers: Research and Development Needs and Opportunities S. Prasertsan, P. Saen-saby | 251 |
| Relative Importance of Vapour Diffusion and Convective Flow in Modelling of Softwood Drying S. Pang | 271 |
| TECHNICAL NOTES | |
| An Application of Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer in a Cylinder Using the Finite-Difference Method M. E. Schmalko, L. A. Ramallo, R. O. Morawicki | 283 |
| Choice of Model Gel Systems for the Food Dehydration Studies Fahrettin Gögüs, Jack Lamb | 297 |
| Drying of Biological Products With High Water Content in Solar Regime. Application to the Potato Drying. R. M. Abalone, M. A. Lara, R. D. Piacentini | 311 |
| Fitting Cassava Drying Kinetic With a High Order Equation C. Chávez-Méndez, M. A. Salgado-Cervantes, K. N. Waliszewski-Kubiak, M. A. Garcia-Alvarado | 323 |
| Pigmental Improvement of Green Vegetables by Controlling Free Radicals During Heat Dehydration Zhang Min, Ding Xiaolin, Gu Zhengbiao, Li Chunli, C. W. Cao | 333 |
| A Colorimetric Technique to Quantify Wheat Grain Damage During Drying Sakamon Devahastin, S. Bassila, Arun S. Mujumdar | 341 |
| Sawdust Fluid-Bed Drying With Heating Tubes Rogelio Moreno, José Oyarzo | 351 |
| Studies on Stifling and Drying of Cocoons for Longer Storage K. Thangavel, P. T. Palaniswamy, R. Kailappan | 369 |
| SNIPPETS ON DRYING Carl W. Hall | 377 |
| CONFERENCE REPORT | |
| Inter-American Drying Conference (IADC'97) July 15-18, 1997, ITU-SP, Brazil | 381 |
| PAPERS PRESENTED AT INTER-AMERICAN DRYING CONFERENCE (IADC'97) July 15-18, 1997, ITU-SP, Brazil | 383 |
| THESIS SUMMARY Flow and Drying Characteristics of a Novel Rotating Jet Annular Spouted Bed Sakamon Devahastin | 391 |
| ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| 11th International Drying Symposium (IDS '98) Thessaloniki - Halkidiki, Greece August 19 - 22, 1998 | 393 |
| PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| ADC'99 Asia-Australia Drying Conference Bali, Indonesia, June 1999 | 394 |
| ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| First Asia-Australia Drying Conference June 1999 Denpassar, Bali, Indonesia ADC'99 Call for Papers Announcement and Call for Papers RAN 98 | 395 |