E-book on Drying of Food, Vegetables and Fruits - National ...

Drying of Food, Vegetables and Fruits (FVF)First EditionDrying is a highly energy-intensive unit operation and is of great importance in almost allindustrial sectors. Drying is an essential step in food preservation to improve shelf life byreducing potential of microbial attack. There has been remarkable development in theinnovative drying techniques for food products. However, related archival literatureremains largely inaccessible in the developing countries. This e-<strong>book</strong> is an exploratorypreliminary effort to make relevant knowledge on drying and related processing of variousfood products to make it freely available for readers all over the world. This <strong>book</strong> is alsouseful for self-study by engineers and scientists trained in any discipline and so as for thereaders who have some technical background. It should also be helpful to industrial usersof dryers, dryer manufacturers as well as entrepreneurs. This volume will be followed byadditional e-<strong>book</strong>s which can also be freely downloaded globally.Sachin Vinayak JangamSachin Vinayak Jangam is a Research Fellow in Minerals, Metals and MaterialsTechnology Centre (M3TC) at National University of Singapore. He completed his Ph D inChemical Engineering at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India. He hasworked on drying of various food products as major part of his Ph D thesis. SachinJangam is currently working on developing cost-effective drying techniques for minerals;however, he still has interest in dehydration of food and related products.Chung Lim LawChung Lim Law is an Associate Professor with the Department of Chemical andEnvironmental Engineering, The University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus. Chung LimLaw has more than 10 years experience in research and development in drying and otherareas. Over the years, he has conducted research works on preservation and retention ofbio-active ingredients of dehydrated exotic fruits and herbal products, processing of highflavorcocoa powder, hybrid drying techniques, 2-stage drying, fluidized bed drying, heatpump drying and intermittent drying.Arun Sadashiv MujumdarDr. Mujumdar, the world-renowned “Drying Guru”, is Professor of MechanicalEngineering at National University of Singapore. Winner of numerous prestigious awardsand honors, Prof. Mujumdar has published over 400 refereed papers and over 100 <strong>book</strong>chapters in heat-mass transfer and drying. Founder of the International DryingSymposium (IDS) series, he is Editor-in-Chief of the archival journal Drying Technology(Taylor & Francis) since 1988 and is also the Editor of over 60 <strong>book</strong>s including the widelyacclaimed Hand<strong>book</strong> of Industrial Drying (CRC Press) now in third edition.For more information please visit us athttp://serve.me.nus.edu.sg/arun/http://www.mujumdar.net78.net/