Heat Pump-Assisted Dryers

Optimum Sizing, Design, and Operation Rules
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-02252-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Heat Pump-Assisted Dryers: Optimum Sizing, Design, and Operation Rules identifies the ideal sizing, operation, and control strategies for hot air convective batch 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.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Minea, Vasile

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Haustechnik, Gebäudeautomatisierung
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik Fertigungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction. 2. Drying of Porous Solid Materials. 3. Drying of Fruits and Vegetables. 4. Drying of Woods. 5. Heat Pump-Assisted Drying: What’s Wrong?. 6. Optimum Coupling of Thermodynamic Systems. 7. Optimizing Dehumidification Capacity of Mechanical Vapor Compression Heat Pumps. 8. Efficient Operation and Control Rules. 9. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

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 medium-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.