| Editorial | ix |
| International Drying Symposium Series (IDS): A Personal Perspective Arun S. Mujumdar | xi |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics of Industrial Batch Dryers of Fruits C. T. Kiranoudis, V. T. Karathanos, N. C. Markatos | 1 |
| A Mathematical Model for Drying of Shrinking Materials M. N. A. Hawlader, J. C. Ho, Zhang Qing | 27 |
| Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer During Drying of Paper/Board Shri Ramaswamy, Robert A. Holm, Former Professor | 49 |
| High Intensity Drying Shri Ramaswamy, Robert A. Holm | 73 |
| Stresses in Viscoelastic Plate Dried Convectively Jacek Banaszak, Stefan Jan Kowalski | 97 |
| The Effects of Air Temperature, Sphere Diameter and Puffing with CO2 on the Drying of Potato Spheres C. P. McLaughlin, T. R. A. Magee | 119 |
| Some Fundamental Attributes of Far Infrared Radiation Drying of Potato T. M. Afzal, T. Abe | 137 |
| The Effect of Process Conditions on the Drying Kinetics and Rehydration Characteristics of Some MW-Vacuum Dehydrated Fruits C. Pappas, E. Tsami, D. Marinos-Kouris | 157 |
| Effect of Osmotic Agent on Osmotic Dehydration of Fruits N. M. Panagiotou, V. T. Karathanos, Z. B. Maroulis | 175 |
| Superheated Steam Impingement Drying of Tortilla Chips Y. B. Li, J. Seyed-Yagoobi, R. G. Moreira, R. Yamsaengsung | 191 |
| Drying Kinetics of Single Layer Thompson Seedless Grapes Under Heated Ambient Air Conditions R. L. Sawhney, D. R. Pangavhane, P. N. Sarsavadia | 215 |
| TECHNICAL NOTES | |
| Simulation of the Effect of Air Velocity in the Drying of Hardwood Timber L. J. Pordage, T. A. G. Langrish | 237 |
| Two-Stage Moisture Diffusion in Wood with Constant Transport Coefficients Jen Y. Liu, William T. Simpson | 257 |
| A Commercially Viable Solar Wood Drying Kiln System Jack B. De Vore, George S. Denny, Tanny S. Harper | 271 |
| Effect of Drying Methods on Moisture Sorption Isotherms of Fufu at Three Temperatures L. O. Sanni, A. G. Kolawole, J. O. Akingbala, A. Kuye | 285 |
| Determination of Drying Constants and Their Dependence on Drying Air Parameters for Thin Layer Onion Drying R. L. Sawhney, P. N. Sarsavadia, D. R. Pangavhane, S. P. Singh | 299 |
| Stability and Sensory Quality of Spray Dried Avocado Paste A. Grajales-Lagunes, H. S. Garcia-Galindo, O. Angulo-Guerrero, J. A. Monroy-Rivera | 317 |
| Functional Properties of Spray Dried Tarhana S. Ibanoglu | 327 |
| Managing Moist Paddy by Drying, Tempering and Ambient Air Ventilation Somchart Soponronnarit, Somboon Wetchacama, Thanit Swasdisevi, Nattapol Poomsa-ad | 335 |
| Effects of Drying of Head Rice Yield Using Fluidization Technique Adithap Taweerattanapanish, Somchart Soponronnarit, Somboon Wetchacama, Ngamchuen Kongseri, Sunanta Wongpiyachon | 345 |
| SNIPPETS ON DRYING Carl W. Hall | 355 |
| BOOK REVIEWS | |
| Thermal Processing of Bio-Materials | 359 |
| Filter and Filtration Handbook 4th Edition (1997) | 363 |
| Powder Technology Handbook | 365 |
| THESIS SUMMARY Study of Drying Process of Grapes and Garlic in a Pilot Plant | 367 |
| ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALS FOR PAPERS | 369 |
| NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS | 377 |