Heat Pump-Assisted Dryers - Couverture rigide

Minea, Vasile

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1041022522 ISBN 13 : 9781041022527

Editeur : CRC Press, 2026

Synopsis

Heat Pump-Assisted Dryers: Optimum Sizing, Design, and Operation Rules identifies the ideal sizing, operation, and control strategies for hot air convective bath driers coupled with air-to-air mechanical vapor compression heat pumps. It evaluates the energy requirements, most efficient operation and control methods, drying performances, and environmental issues and considerations.

Covering the physical drying process of porous solid materials (fruits, vegetables, and wood), the book discusses heat conduction and moisture migration. It investigates the optimal coupling of thermodynamic systems, examining unproved drying techniques and combining solar energy and heat pump-assisted dryers. Future R&D needs, including advanced drying technologies, low GWP refrigerants, and process integration, are also explored.

This book will interest professionals working with heat pumps, industrial process engineers, manufacturers, and academic researchers studying advances in drying technologies and processes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Vasile Minea has been working as a scientist researcher at the Hydro-Québec Research Institute, Laboratory of Energy Technologies, Canada since 1987. His research activity mainly focuses on industrial refrigeration and heat pumps, heat recovery technologies in large-scale commercial/institutional HVAC systems, low- and medium-temperature geothermal heat pumps, and low-enthalpy power generation cycles. During this period, Dr. Minea also collaborated with the Canadian and American heat pump industry and R&D drying community in developing laboratory- and industrial-scale experimental heat pump-assisted drying systems. Previously, he worked as a university professor for over 15 years, teaching courses in hydraulic/fluid and HVAC systems for civil, agricultural, and industrial processes and buildings, as well as thermodynamics, heat transfer, and refrigeration. He earned his Ph.D. from the Bucharest Technical Construction University, Romania.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This book identifies the ideal sizing, operation, and control strategies for hot air convective bath driers coupled with air-to-air mechanical vapor compression heat pumps. It evaluates the energy requirements, most efficient operation and control methods, drying performances, and environmental issues and considerations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1041022522
• ISBN 13: 9781041022527
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas