Drying Technology in Food Processing

Dr. Seid Mahdi Jafari received his PhD degree in 2006 in Food Process Engineering from the University of Queensland, Australia. He has extensive experience in the field of food process engineering, conducting research on nanotechnology and its processes and being reviewer of some important journals as Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, Journal of Food Engineering, Journal of Food Process Engineering, Industrial Crops and Products and Food Technology and Biotechnology. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Food Materials and Process Design Engineering, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Pardis, Basidj Square, Gorgan, Iran, and he is an academic member of GAU (Iran). He has published more than 85 papers in top-ranked international food science journals and 18 book chapters, along with editing four books with LAP and Elsevier publishers. In November 2015, he was awarded as one of the top 1% scientists of the world with the highest citations by Thompson Reuters (Essential Scientific Indicators) in the field of Biological Sciences. 1. “Encapsulation of Nano-Emulsions by Spray Drying” published by LAP (Germany), 2009, 2. "Nano-encapsulation Technologies for the Food and Nutraceutical Industries", Elsevier, 2017, 3. "Nano-encapsulation of Food Bioactive Ingredients; Principles and Applications", Elsevier, 2017, 4. "Nano-emulsions: Formulation, Characterization, and Applications", Elsevier, 2017 (co-edited with Prof. David Julian McClements). 5 . “Nanoencapsulation in the Food Industry Series”. This is a 7 volume series approved in 2017 that is going to be published over the course of 2019-2021. and some book chapters such as: · Jafari, S.M., Fathi, M., and Mandala, I.G., 2015. Chapter 13: "Emerging product formation" in the book "Food Waste Recovery: Processing technologies and industrial techniques", Edited by Galanakis, C., Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-12-800351-0. · Jafari, S.M. and McClements, D.J., 2017. Chapter 1: "Nanotechnology approaches for increasing nutrient bioavailability" in the book "Advances in Nutrition and Food Research (Vol. 81)", Edited by Toldra, F., Elsevier. Locally in Iran, he has also published 20 books in Persian. In November, 2015, he was awarded as one of the top 1% scientists of the world with the highest citations by Thompson Reuters (Essential Scientific Indicators) in the field of Biological Sciences. 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