A drying apparatus includes: a heat drying section that heats a medium to which a liquid has been applied from a first surface side of the medium; a temperature adjusting section that adjusts a temperature of the medium from a second surface side of the medium, the second surface being on the opposite side to the first surface; and a control section capable of controlling the heat drying section and the temperature adjusting section. The control section controls the heat drying section and the temperature adjusting section individually in accordance with the type of the medium.

A spray dryer with which a fluid that has been subjected to a fluid processing in a spray device can be directly sprayed from the spray device into a drying chamber so that the fluid can be dried, without the need for a dispersion machine for adjusting the dispersion state of a dispersion solution to be sprayed into the drying chamber. The spray dryer includes a spray device. The spray device includes processing surfaces disposed opposing each other, and a rotation mechanism that rotates at least one of the processing surfaces relative to the other. The processing surfaces define a circular flow path through which is passed a fluid to be processed containing a first fluid and a second fluid. The circular flow path includes introduction ports. A first introduction port introduces, at an opening which connects to the circular flow path, the first fluid from the inside of the circular flow path. A second introduction port opens in the middle of the circular flow path, and combines the second fluid with the first fluid which has been constrained into a thin-film fluid by the processing surfaces. The fluid to be processed is subjected to fluid processing between the processing surfaces, and the fluid-treated fluid is sprayed to the outside from between the processing surfaces.

A spray dryer with which a fluid that has been subjected to a fluid processing in a spray device can be directly sprayed from the spray device into a drying chamber so that the fluid can be dried, without the need for a dispersion machine for adjusting the dispersion state of a dispersion solution to be sprayed into the drying chamber. The spray dryer includes a spray device. The spray device includes processing surfaces disposed opposing each other, and a rotation mechanism that rotates at least one of the processing surfaces relative to the other. The processing surfaces define a circular flow path through which is passed a fluid to be processed containing a first fluid and a second fluid. The circular flow path includes introduction ports. A first introduction port introduces, at an opening which connects to the circular flow path, the first fluid from the inside of the circular flow path. A second introduction port opens in the middle of the circular flow path, and combines the second fluid with the first fluid which has been constrained into a thin-film fluid by the processing surfaces. The fluid to be processed is subjected to fluid processing between the processing surfaces, and the fluid-treated fluid is sprayed to the outside from between the processing surfaces.