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1. A spray drying process for drying a spray dryable liquid composition to a dried powder product, comprising: atomizing the spray dryable liquid composition to generate an atomized spray of liquid particles of the spray dryable liquid composition into a spray drying chamber;flowing a stream of primary drying fluid into the spray drying chamber for flow through the spray drying chamber, to contact the spray of liquid particles therein for drying of the liquid particles to form the dried powder product;injecting bursts of pressurized secondary drying flui...
1. A spray drying process for drying a spray dryable liquid composition to a dried powder product, comprising: atomizing the spray dryable liquid composition to generate an atomized spray of liquid particles of the spray dryable liquid composition into a spray drying chamber;flowing a stream of primary drying fluid into the spray drying chamber for flow through the spray drying chamber, to contact the spray of liquid particles therein for drying of the liquid particles to form the dried powder product;injecting bursts of pressurized secondary drying fluid into the stream of primary drying fluid in the spray drying chamber at multiple loci thereof under conditions providing localized turbulence at said multiple loci; anddischarging from the spray drying chamber effluent drying fluid and the dried powder product dried by contact with the drying fluid in the spray drying chamber. 2. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein each of the primary drying fluid and secondary drying fluid is independently selected from the group consisting of air, oxygen, oxygen-enriched air, nitrogen, helium, argon, neon, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and mixtures of two or more of the foregoing. 3. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the primary drying fluid is the same as the secondary drying fluid. 4. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the primary drying fluid is different from the secondary drying fluid. 5. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable liquid composition comprises a carrier. 6. The spray drying process of claim 5, wherein the carrier comprises a material selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, waxes, cellulosic materials, sugars, starches, and natural and synthetic polymeric materials. 7. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the carrier comprises a material selected from the group consisting of starch carriers, sugar carriers, and cellulosic carriers. 8. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable composition does not comprise a carrier. 9. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the primary drying fluid and secondary drying fluid are introduced into the spray drying chamber at temperature in a range of 180° C.-200° C. 10. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the primary drying fluid and secondary drying fluid are introduced into the spray drying chamber at temperature below 100° C. 11. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the primary drying fluid and secondary drying fluid are introduced into the spray drying chamber at temperature below at least one of 95° C., 90° C., 85° C., 80° C., 75° C., 70° C., 65° C., 60° C., 55° C., 50° C., 45° C., 40° C., 35° C., 30° C., 25° C., or 20° C. 12. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable liquid composition comprises at least one product material selected from the group consisting of food materials, beverage materials, fragrance materials, pigment materials, flavor materials, pharmaceutical materials, therapeutic materials, medication materials, homeopathic materials, biological materials, probiotic materials, construction materials, formulating materials, and mixtures, blends, composites, and combinations of two or more different materials of the foregoing. 13. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable liquid composition comprises at least one product material selected from the group consisting of flavors, fragrances, foods, and beverages. 14. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable composition comprises at least one product material, and at least one additional ingredient selected from the group consisting of solvents, carriers, adjuvants, excipients, surfactants, anti-agglomerants, anti-caking agents, co-active ingredients, wetting agents, dispersants, emulsifiers, stabilizers, antioxidants, preservatives, encapsulants, pore-forming agents, hardeners, and mixtures, blends, composites, and combinations of two or more of the foregoing additional ingredients. 15. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable composition has a viscosity in a range of from 300 mPa-s to 28,000 mPa-s. 16. The spray drying process of claim 1, having a viscosity in a range in which a lower limit of the range is any one of 325, 340, 350, 375, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950, and 1000 mPa-s, and in which an upper limit of the range is greater than the lower limit and is any one of 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, 10,000, 11,000, 12,000, 13,000, 14,000, 15,000, 16,000, 17,000, 18,000, 19,000, and 20,000. 17. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable composition has a viscosity in a range of from 500 mPa-s to 16,000 mPa-s. 18. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable composition has a viscosity in a range of from 1000 mPa-s to 4000 mPa-s. 19. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable composition has a viscosity in a range of from 10 mPa-s to 200 mPa-s. 20. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable composition comprises a carrier, product material, and solvent, wherein the solvent in the composition does not exceed 50% by weight, based on total weight of the composition. 21. The spray drying process of claim 20, wherein the solvent in the composition comprises from 20 to 50% by weight, based on total weight of the composition. 22. The spray drying process of claim 20, wherein the solvent in the composition comprises from 20 to 40% by weight, based on total weight of the composition. 23. The spray drying process of claim 20, wherein the solvent in the composition comprises from 25 to 35% by weight, based on total weight of the composition. 24. The spray drying process of claim 20, wherein the spray dryable composition has a viscosity of from 10 to 200 mPa-s, wherein the solvent in the composition comprises from 50 to 70% by weight, based on total weight of the composition, and wherein the primary drying fluid and secondary drying fluid are introduced into the spray drying chamber at temperature in a range of 180° C.-200° C. 25. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the drying fluid introduced into the spray drying chamber has a relative humidity below 20% relative humidity. 26. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the drying fluid introduced into the spray drying chamber has a relative humidity below at least one of 18%, 15%, 12%, 10%, 8%, 5%, 2.5%, 2%, 1.5%, 1% and 0.5% relative humidity. 27. The spray drying process of claim 1, comprising electrostatic charging of the spray dryable liquid composition and/or the atomized spray of liquid particles. 28. The spray drying process of claim 27, wherein said electrostatic charging applies an electrostatic charge to the atomized spray of liquid particles that is in a range of from 0.25 kV to 80 kV. 29. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable liquid composition comprises a beverage product material, and the spray dryable liquid composition does not comprise a carrier. 30. The spray drying process of claim 1, wherein the spray dryable liquid composition comprises solvent selected from the group consisting of water, inorganic solvents, organic solvents, and mixtures, blends, emulsions, suspensions, and solutions thereof.