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Guide To Industrial Drying: Principles, Equipment And New Developments. By Arun S. Mujumdar. Colour Publications Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India (availablefrom Dr. B. N. Thorat, c/o UICT Alumni Association, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai University, Matunga (E), Mumbai-400019, India). Web: [email protected]. 2004. 349 pages. $50.
Any chemical engineer who has to deal with industrial drying processes and equipment on a fairly frequent basis has most likely come across publications by Professor Arum S. Mujumdar. He has been a foremost and prolific researcher and author of many articles and books on the subject of industrial drying technology for nearly four decades. This latest book by Professor Mujumdar is a significantly updated sequel to Mujumdar's "Practical Guide to Industrial Drying," edited by Dr. S. Devahastin in 2000.
The book contains 13 chapters (7 of the chapters have co-authors), an appendix listing publications of Professor Mujumdar, and a subject index. Chapter 1 succinctly covers fundamental principles of drying, discussing such topics as thermodynamic principles of air-water mixtures and moist solids, and drying kinetics. In Chapter 2, the classification and selection of industrial dryers is discussed, including selection based on the dried product quality. Dryers for particulate solids, slurries and sheet-form materials are described in Chapter...