Heat and Mass Transfer in Drying of Porous Media

Heat and Mass Transfer in Drying of Porous Media offers a comprehensive review of heat and mass transfer phenomena and mechanisms in drying of porous materials. It covers pore-scale and macro-scale models, includes various drying technologies, and discusses the drying dynamics of fibrous porous material, colloidal porous media and size-distributed particle system. Providing guidelines for mathematical modeling and design as well as optimization of drying of porous material, this reference offers useful information for researchers and students as well as engineers in drying technology, food processes, applied energy, mechanical, and chemical engineering.

Author Biography: Peng Xu is Associate Professor of Applied Physics at China Jiliang University. He serves as the Head of Applied Physics Department. He earned his PhD from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and National University of Singapore under the supervision of Professor Boming Yu and Arun Mujumdar in 2009. He was also visiting professor of Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University from June to December 2015. His research interests includes heat and mass transfer in porous media, multiscale and multiphysics modeling, fractal geometry and its applications in engineering. He serves as the guest editor for Fractals (World Scientific) and Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (Elsevier). Prof. Xu has published 2 books and more than 50 international journal papers, and the citation number of the papers is more than 1500. Email: xupeng@cjlu.edu.cn https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peng_Xu19Agus Agus P. Sasmito is Assistant Professor of Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University. He received his PhD from Mechanical Engineering Department at National University of Singapore. Prof. Sasmito serves as an assistant editor for Drying Technology, editorial member for CIM Journal, professional member for SME, CIM and TPR. He is the team leader of Mine Multiphysics, and his current research interests include mine ventilation, energy systems (conventional and renewable/alternative power sources), artificial ground freezing, slurry transport, minerals processing, materials handling, industrial transport processes and thermal fluid sciences and engineering. Publications includes 70 journal papers, 64 conference papers, 3 books, 7 book chapters and 3 technical reports. Email: agus.sasmito@mcgill.ca http://www.mcgill.ca/mining/people/faculty/agus-pulung-sasmito Arun S. Mujumdar is Adjunct Professor at McGill University, Montreal, and Western University, London, Canada. He earned his B.Chem.Eng with distinction from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India, and his M.Eng and Ph.D from McGill University. He is the founder/program chairman of the International Drying Symposium series. His work has been featured in over 500 refereed publications. He has authored two books, edited over 60 books, and currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Drying Technology-An International Journal. He is the recipient of numerous international awards including Doctor Honoris Causa from Lodz Technical University, Poland and the University of Lyon, France. In 2014 he received the prestigious National Award for International Cooperation in Science and Technology from the Government of China. Email: arunmujumdar123@gmail.com http://www.arunmujumdar.com/

Preface Editors Contributors Chapter 1 Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomenon in Porous Media - Application to Drying/Benitta A. Chaedir, Agus P. Sasmito, Peng Xu Chapter 2 Diffusivity in Drying of Porous Media/Chien Hwa Chong, Chung Lim Law, Adam Figiel, Tommy Asni Chapter 3 Multiscale Modeling of Porous Media/Peng Xu, Arun S. Mujumdar, Agus P. Sasmito, Boming Yu Chapter 4 Heat and Mass Transfer Simulation of Intensification Drying Technologies: Current Status and Future Trends/Xian-Long Yu, Hong-Wei Xiao, Arun S. Mujumdar Chapter 5 Thermal Drying Utilizing Intermittent and Pulsating Impinging Jet/Jundika C. Kurnia, Peng Xu, Agus P. Sasmito, Arun S. Mujumdar Chapter 6 Wicking and Drying Dynamics in Fibrous Porous Materials/Dahua Shou, Jintu Fan Chapter 7 Capillary Valve Effect on Drying of Porous Media/R. Wu, C.Y. Zhao, E. Tosotsas, A. Kharaghani Chapter 8 Taylor-series Expansion Method of Moments for Size-distributed Micro- and Nanoparticle Systems under Drying Condition/Mingzhou Yu