An overview of the literature on drying processes: contributions and trends

Abstract

Drying is an important industrial process that is highly used in the handling of solids, and its study has increased during the last years due to the upsurge of new technologies. It is necessary to determine the direction of science in the area of drying process to give a valuable research contribution. It was performed a research evolution of drying processes for the period of 2007-2017, using HistCiteTM software. This study evaluated a total of 992 publications related to drying processes which were used to analyze the patterns of publications outputs, main journal, institutions, author, and keywords.