Drying heat pumps – Part II: Agro-food, biological and wood products

Part II of this critical, constructive review investigates the accuracy of laboratory and industrial-scale experimental methods and the results of published R&D studies on drying heat pumps. It tries to evaluate the application potential of proposed drying methods for various agro-food and wood products. The scope is to promote technological advancement and to accelerate the industrial implementation of drying heat pumps.

► Drying heat pumps provide many technical, economical and environmental advantages. ► In spite of them, the number of industrial applications hasn't increased as expected. ► This paper is a critical review of published R&D studies on drying heat pumps. ► The scope is to promote the technology and increase the number of its applications.