Drying Technology Vol 14, No 3-4, Year 1996

Special Issue on Control Aspects of Drying Processes

Editorial xi
Guest Editorial xiii
A Preliminary Study on Strategies for Optimal Fluid-Bed Drying
A. J. B. van Boxtel and L. Knol
481
Control of Drying Process in Mechanically Spouted Bed Dryer
T. Szentmarjay, A. Szalay, E. Pallai, T. Bencze, and J. Vass
501
Drying of Skim Milk: Opportunities for Reduced Steam
C. P. O'Donnell, B. M. McKenna, and N. Herlihy
513
Volatiles Retention in the Drying of Skin Forming Materials. I. Materials Which Gelatinize at Moderately High Temperatures
A. A. Sayed, H. M. Hassan, and C. J. Mumford
529
Volatiles Retention in the Drying of Skin Forming Materials. II. Natural Materials
H. M. Hassan, A. A. Sayed, and C. J. Mumford
565
Volatiles Retention in the Drying of Skin Forming Materials. III. Heat-Sensitive Materials
H. M. Hassan, A. A. Sayed, and C. J. Mumford
581
Operating Conditions for Drying Paddy in a Rotating Drum with Sand Medium
M. V. Ramakumar, G. S. V. Raghavan, and S Javaregowda
595
Intergranular Air Movement and Grain Drying in Silos with Fully, Partially, and Slanted Perforated Floor
D. Gu, S. Sokhansanj, and D. I. Norum
615
Isothermal Vapor and Liquid Transport Inside Clay During Drying
A.J.J. van der Zanden, A. M. E. Schoenmakers, and P.J.A.M. Kerkhof
647
Mathematical Relationship Between Surface Emission and Diffusion Coefficients
J. Y. Liu and W. T. Simpson
677
Experimental Study of the Heat and Mass Transfer Drying in a Fluidized Bed Dryer
P. Alvarez and C. Shene
701
Heat and Mass Transfer Analogy Studies of Binary Liquid Mixture in Comparison with Ethanol-n-heptane Evaporating to Air
H. J. Jylha, M. A. Heikkinen, and M. J. Lampinen
719
Experimental Estimation of Effective Transport Coefficients in Freeze Drying for Simulation and Optimization Purposes
J. I. Lombrana and J. Izkara
743
A Mathematical Model for Constant and Intermittent Batch Drying of Grains in a Novel Rotating Jet Spouted Bed
R. Y. Jumah, A. S. Mujumdar, and G. S. V. Raghavan
765
Analysis and Application of Luikov's Heat, Mass, and Pressure Transfer Model to a Capillary Porous Media
J. Irudayaraj and Y. Wu
803
Drying of Transformer Board
M. EI Bari, M. Rueff, P. Francois, and M. Renaud
825
TECHNICAL NOTES
Application of Osmotic Dehydration Technology on Jam Processing
X.Q. Shi, A. Chiralt, P. Fito, J. Serra, C. Escoin, and L. Gasque
841
External Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients for Kiln Drying of Timber
S. Pang
859
A New Correlation for the Estimation of Moisture Diffusivity in Corn Kernels from Drying Kinetics
M. Mourad, M. Hemati, and C. Laguerie
873
A Comparison of Drying Time and Timber Quality in the Continuous and Cyclic Drying of Australian Turpentine Timber
W. B. Chadwick and T. A. G. Langrish
895
Experimental Investigation of a Solar Bamboo Dryer
K S. Ong
907
Simulation of Drying on the Basis of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Heterogeneous Multiphase Polydispersed Systems
N. V. Menshutina and I. N. Dorokhov
915
LETTER TO THE EDITOR 927
SNIPPETS ON DRYING
C. W. Hall
937
MEETINGS HIGHLIGHTS 941
THESIS SUMMARIES
Drying of Fish (Tilapia spp.) - Study of Relations Between Drying Process and Product Quality. Field Application to Mali
N. Zakhia
943
A Study on the Drying Process of Pigment Coated Paper Webs
P. Heikkila
945
The Suitability of Condebelt-Dried Linerboard and Fluting as Corrugated Board Materials
T. Tuhkanen
947
SOFTWARE REVIEW
Reviewed by T. Kudra
951
BOOK REVIEWS
PC-Aided Numerical Heat Transfer and Convective Flow
A. Nakayama
Reviewed by A. S. Mujumdar
955
The Finite Element Method in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics
J. N. Reddy and D. K. Gartling
Reviewed by Z. -X. Gong
957
Food Properties Handbook
S. Rahman
Reviewed by A. S. Mujumdar
959
Advances in Engineering Heat Transfer
Edited by B. Sunden, E. Blums, and A. Zakauskas
Reviewed by A. S. Mujumdar
961
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CALL FOR PAPERS 963
NOTICE TO C0NTRIBUTORS 969



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