Drying technologies in food processing / 
edited by Xiao Dong Chen, Arun S. Mujumdar. 
 - Chichester :  Blackwell Pub.,  c2008. 
 - xxiii, 322 p., [2] p. color :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Food drying fundamentals / Xiao Dong Chen -- Water activity in food processing and preservation / Bhesh Bhandari and Benu P. Adhikari -- Biological changes during food drying processes / Xiao Dong Chen and Kamlesh C. Patel -- Spray drying of food materials process and product characteristics / Bhesh Bhandari, Kamlesh C. Patel and Xiao Dong Chen -- Low-pressure superheated steam drying of food products / Sakamon Devahastin and Peamsuk Suvarnakuta -- Heat pump-assisted drying -- Md Raisul Islam and Arun S. Mujumdar -- Freeze and vacuum drying of foods / Cristina Ratti -- Post-drying aspects for meat and horticultural products / Mohammad Shafiur Rahman -- Food dryer process control / Brent R. Young -- Fire and explosion protection in food dryers / Xiao Dong Chen. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405157636 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drying.<br/>Food industry and trade.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>664.0284  / DRY 2008