Superheated Steam Drying: Technology for Improved Sustainability and Quality [Hardcover]

This book is a guide to selecting the appropriate type of superheated steam drying (SSD) as per operational techniques, including steam oven dryers, rotary drum dryers, tray dryers, flash dryers, and fluidized bed dryers. The book assesses future needs and opportunities for industry adoption and further innovation.

1. Introduction.  2. Basics of Superheated Steam Drying.  3. Superheated Steam Drying for Biological Products.  4. Lab/Pilot Scale or Commercial SSD Systems.  5. Low-Pressure SSD.  6. Integration of SSD with Other Drying Technology.  7. Modeling of SSD and LPSSD.  8. Advances, Prospects, and Global Market Demands: SSD.  

Mukund Haribhau Bade holds a PhD in energy modeling and process integration from the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. He has over 24 years of teaching and research experience in various technical institutes. He is currently working as an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SV National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India. His main research interests are energy management, energy analysis and modeling, pinch analysis, drying technology including superheated steam drying, and pump as turbine for micro-hydro applications. He has published more than 50 articles in reputed international journals and conferences. He works as a reviewer for many reputed journals, like Energy Conversion and Management, Drying Technology, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, and ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. In addition, he is also working on funded projects related to energy analysis and modeling for performance enhancements including textile dryers. He has mentored over four PhD students and guided projects of many master and undergraduate students.