The proceedings of the 5th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference : Hong Kong, 13-15 August 2007 / editor, Guohua Chen.

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Volume 2; Factors Affecting Quality of Dried Low Rank Coals M. Karthikeyan, J.V.M. Kuma, Chew S.H. and D.L.Y. Ngo; 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental Investigation; 2.1 Characteristics of Raw Coal Samples; 3. Results and Discussion; 3.1 Drying Rate Curves; 3.2 Re-absorption by Dried Coal samples; 3.3 Effect of Particle Size on Drying Characteristics; 3.4 Drop Test; 3.5 Proximate analysis of coal samples before and after drying; 4. Conclusions; References; Design and Test of 5HC-1 Type of Conservation Herbage Dryer Wang Chun, Che Gang, Wan Lin, Li Yuqing and Li Chenghua.

1. Introduction2. Design method of 5HC-1 type of conservation herbage dryer; 2.1 The design requirements; 2.2 Technological processes; 3 The main structures, principles and technical performance parameters; 3.1 Structure; 3.2 Operating principle; 3.3 The main technical parameters; 4 Major parameters and design basis; 4.1 The design basis; 4.2 Determining of the main parameters; 4.2.1 Hours in the calculation of water; 4.2.2 The calculation of drying time; 4.2.3 The calculations of hour's medium flow; 4.2.4 Efficiency calculation of the hot-air stove; 4.2.5 The calculation of coal consumption.

4.2.6 Design of horizontal steal write-bed conveyer. 5. Performance testing and experiment; 5. Conclusion; References; Drying Kinetics of Different Morphological Micro-Nanostructures of Magnesium Hydroxide Lina Yun, Baohe Wang, Diance Jing, Xiaoming Lv, Lixin Huang and A.S. Mujumdar; 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental; 2.1. Reagents and Experimental Instruments; 2.2. Experimental Methods; 2.2.1. Preparation of Different Morphological Micro-nanostructures of Mg(OH)2 Precipitations; 2.2.2. Determination of drying rate curves; 3. Results and Discussion; 3.1. Drying Rate; 4. Conclusions; References.

Vacuum Drying Kinetics of Activated Carbon-Supported Zinc Acetate Catalyst Zhang Zhi Jun, Xu Cheng Hai, Zhang Shi Wei and He Xiang1. Introduction; 2. Materials and Methods; 3. Results and Discussions; Conclusion; References; Drying Characteristics of Chrysanthemum Nakingemse H.M in a Infrared Radiation Field Under Vacuum Conditions Li Geping, Huang Weiping and Li Changyou; 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental Device and Determination Methods; 2.1. Experimental Device; 2.2. Determination Methods; 2.3. Experimental Materials; 2.4. Experiment Arrangement; 3. The Experimental Results and Discussion.

3.1. Temperature Change Characteristics of the Large-leaved CNH. M3.2. Drying Characteristics of the CNH. M; 3.3. Quality Contrast of Vacuum IR Drying and Hot Air Drying; 4. Conclusions; References; Investigations on Different Drying Technology of Water Extract of Astragalus Pieces Yang Junhong and Zhang Hengchun; 1. Introduction; 2. Materials, Apparatus and Methods; 2.1. Materials; 2.2. Main Experiment Apparatus; 2.3. Preparation of Water Extract of Astragalus; 2.4. Drying Dynamics Experiment Procedure; 2.5. Drying Technology and Parameters Condition; 2.5.1 Hot-air Drying Technology.

This volume consists of the papers presented at the 5th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference, held 13-15 August, 2007 China. The articles feature the most recent progress of drying R & D in the Asia-Pacific region. The proceedings is useful for graduate students, researchers and professionals in the field of drying research and development. -->. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Thermal Drying Technologies: New Developments and Future R & D Potential (217k) Contents:.: Volume 1: Thermal Drying Technologies: New Developments and Future R & D Potential (A S Mujumdar & Z Wu); Encapsulation of Proteins by Spray D.

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