Despite the available general literature in intelligent control, there is a definite lack of knowledge and know-how in practical applications of intelligent control in drying. This book fills that gap. Intelligent Control in Drying serves as an innovative and practical guide for researchers and professionals in the field of drying technologies, providing an overview of control principles and systems used in drying operations, from classical to model-based to adaptive and optimal control. At the same time, it lays out approaches to synthesis of control systems, based on the objectives and control strategies, reflecting complexity of drying process and material under drying. This essential reference covers both fundamental and practical aspects of intelligent control, sensor fusion and dynamic optimization with respect to drying.

This Fourth Edition book includes 12 new chapters covering computational fluid dynamic simulation; solar, impingement, and pulse combustion drying; drying of fruits, vegetables, sugar, biomass, and coal; physicochemical aspects of sludge drying; and life-cycle assessment of drying systems. Addressing commonly encountered dryers as well as innovative dryers with future potential, the fully revised text not only delivers a comprehensive treatment of the current state of the art, but also serves as a consultative reference for streamlining industrial drying operations to increase energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

A guide to the major food drying techniques and equipment. It features technologies for meats, fruits, vegetables, and seafood. It covers microbial issues and safety. It includes designs for drying systems and manufacturing lines, and information on microbial safety, preservation, and packaging.

Drying of pharmaceutical products, drying of biotechnologicl products, drying of peat and biofuels, druing of fibrous materials, drying ofpulp and paper, of wood and wood products, drying in mineral proces sing, modeling, measurements, and efficeiencies of infrared eryers for paper drying, drying of coal, drying of coated webs, drying of polymersupeheated stema drying, dryer feeder systems, dryer emision control systems, cost estimation methods for dryers, energy aspects in drying safeth aspects of industrial dryers, humidity measurements, control of industrial dryers.

The three volume set LNCS 13155, 13156, and 13157 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2021, which was held online during December 3-5, 2021. The total of 145 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 403 submissions. They cover the many dimensions of parallel algorithms and architectures including fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial components and systems. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I, LNCS 13155: Deep learning models and applications; software systems and efficient algorithms; edge computing and edge intelligence; service dependability and security algorithms; data science; Part II, LNCS 13156: Software systems and efficient algorithms; parallel and distributed algorithms and applications; data science; edge computing and edge intelligence; blockchain systems; deept learning models and applications; IoT; Part III, LNCS 13157: Blockchain systems; data science; distributed and network-based computing; edge computing and edge intelligence; service dependability and security algorithms; software systems and efficient algorithms.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an inescapable part of modern life, and the fact that AI technologies and applications will inevitably bring about significant changes in many industries and economies worldwide means that this field of research is currently attracting great interest. This book presents the proceedings of ICAITA 2023, the 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications, held as a hybrid event from 30 June to 2 July 2023 in Changchun, China. The conference provided an international forum for academic communication between experts and scholars in the field of AI, promoting the interchange of scientific information between participants and establishing connections which may lead to collaboration, research, and development activities in related fields. The 126 papers included here were selected following a thorough review process and are divided into 4 sections, covering AI simulation and mechatronics; intelligent network architecture and system monitoring; intelligent algorithm modeling and numerical analysis; and intelligent graph recognition and information processing. Topics addressed include artificial neural networks, computational theories of learning, intelligent system architectures, pervasive computing and ambient intelligence, and fuzzy logic and methods. Covering a wide range of topics and applications current in AI research, the book will be of interest to all those working in the field.