Content: GENERAL DISCUSSION: CONVENTIONAL AND NOVEL DRYING CONCEPTS Need for Advanced Drying Technologies Classification and Selection Criteria: Conventional versus Novel Technologies Innovation and Trends in Drying Technologies SELECTED ADVANCED DRYING TECHNOLOGIES Drying on Inert Particles Impinging Stream Drying Drying in Pulsed Fluid Beds Superheated Steam Drying Airless Drying Drying in Mobilized Beds Drying with Shock Waves Vacu Jet Drying System Contact-Sorption Drying Sonic Drying Pulse Combustion Drying Heat Pump Drying Fry-Drying SELECTED TECHNIQUES FOR DRYING AND DEWATERING Mechanical Thermal Expression Displacement Drying Vapor Drying Slush Drying Atmospheric Freeze-Drying Spray-Freeze-Drying Refractance Window Carver-Greenfield Process HYBRID DRYING TECHNOLOGIES Microwave-Convective Drying with Cogeneration Microwave-Vacuum Drying Filtermat Drying Spray-Fluid Bed-Vibrated Fluid Bed Dryer Combined Filtration and Drying Radio-Frequency Drying with 50 O Technology Radio Frequency-Assisted Heat Pump Drying Radio Frequency-Vacuum Drying Miscellaneous Hybrid Technologies OTHER TECHNIQUES Special Drying Technologies Index