Computer-assisted analytical freeze-drying

The high performance of currently available computer hardware and software has inevitably led to their application in the freeze-drying process. A carefully compiled data library can be used to determine the optimum values of such crucial variables as the pressure, temperature and time required in each step simply by inputting the composition of the sample to be processed. 

Below are briefly discussed the inputs one would need to enter or that should be present in the software in order to perform the three steps of the freeze-drying process as implemented by Jennings [8]. 

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