Drying Technology in Food Processing

Seid Mahdi Jafari received his PhD in Food Process Engineering from the University of Queensland in Australia in 2006. He is now a Professor at GUASNR (Iran). He has published more than 650 papers in international journals (h-index= 97 in Scopus), 100 book chapters, and 36 books with Elsevier, Springer, and Taylor & Francis. Jafari was recognized as one of the top national researchers by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology (2017). He has been listed as one of the world’s highly cited researchers by Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science) in 2018, 2019, and 2020. He has also been recognized as a top reviewer in the field of agricultural and biological sciences by Publons (2018 and 2019). His website is “http://www.smjafari.com.” Narjes Malekjani received her Ph.D. in Food Engineering from the University of Tehran in Iran in 2017. She has been teaching courses related to principles of food process engineering and food plant design for more than 10 years. Now, she is an academic member of the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Guilan in Iran. She currently has worked on more than 20 papers in international Food Science Journals as well as more than 10 book chapters published by international publishers.

Section 1. Drying basics
1. Introduction to drying technology
2. Elements of a drying system

Section 2. Different dryers in the food industry
3. Tray dryers, belt dryers, and tunnel dryers
4. Roller or drum dryers and rotary dryers
5. Fluidized bed dryers
6. Spray dryers
7. Pneumatic dryers
8. Trough dryers and bin dryers
9. Freeze dryers and vacuum dryers
10. Osmotic drying
11. Solar drying
12. Infrared dryers
13. Microwave drying
14. Reflactance-Window drying
15. Superheated steam dryers

Section 3. Application of drying in the food industry
16. Drying of cereal grains and beans
17. Drying of fruits and vegetables
18. Drying of tea, herbals and spices
19. Drying of potato and root products
20. Drying of meat, fish and seafood
21. Drying of pasta
22. Drying of dairy products
23. Drying of ready to eat food products

Section 4. Design, control and efficiency of dryers
24. Design and simulation of dryers
25. Different parameters affecting the efficiency of dryers