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Fundamental Concepts of Drying

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Solar Drying Technology

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In recent years, the postharvest losses of food and agricultural products have been reduced with the advanced preservation methods. Drying is one of the oldest preservation methods used by human for industrial and agricultural products. This is the simplest and most cost-effective method among other preservation methods. This chapter discusses about the fundamental concepts of drying such as water activity and its significance, important properties of air and the product, drying mechanism, drying curves and the performance indicators of dryer. The fundamental knowledge in drying will enable the better understanding of any drying systems.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 641109, India

    S. Vijayan & T. V. Arjunan

  2. Department of Energy (Energy Centre), Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, 462003, Madhya Pradesh, India

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Vijayan, S., Arjunan, T.V., Kumar, A. (2017). Fundamental Concepts of Drying. In: Prakash, O., Kumar, A. (eds) Solar Drying Technology. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3833-4_1

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