This five-volume handbook provides a comprehensive overview of all important aspects of modern drying technology, and only high-level, cutting-edge results will be included, the targeted level being advanced. The idea to this work has been developed by the EFCE Working Party. Volume 2 comprises modern experimental techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging for measurement and visualisation of moisture profiles in the interior of porous bodies during drying, Raman spectroscopy for measurement of concentration profiles during the drying of thin films and coatings, analytical methods for measurement of drying kinetics, sorption equilibria and moisture content of individual particles, techniques for the determination of important quality indices - functional and structural properties - of dried products and instrumentation of modern drying equipment and respective plants.