This book presents a systematic thermomechanical theory of drying. The book hasan interdisciplinary character and combines the knowledge of ChemicalEngineering ... » 

This book presents a systematic thermomechanical theory of drying. The book hasan interdisciplinary character and combines the knowledge of ChemicalEngineering and Mechanics of Continua. It contents a unified approach to theheat and mass transfer in drying processes as well as a precise analysis of alllocal drying effects. Methods for the improvement of quality of dried productsand optimization of drying processes with respect to the strength of materialsand drying time are presented. The book also presents the theory for fullycoupled multiphase transport in deformable capillary porous media as well ascomputer simulations of drying processes. Finally the acoustic emission methodis described as an experimental way of identification of material fracturesduring drying. «