Spray-drying is a technological process that is widely used in the development of pharmaceuticals. By optimizing the process parameters, it is possible to obtain the powdered product of controlled particle properties. The procedure is largely applicable in the development of innovative drug delivery systems of the desired release profile of the drug. The aim of this work was to prepare alginate microparticles by spray drying method and to investigate the influence of the feed rate and drying air flow rate (through aspirator setting) on the process yield, particle size and residual moisture content of the product. A full factorial experimental design with three levels of process parameters was used (sample flow rate of 2.12, 3.92 and 5.64 g/min, and aspirator setting of 25, 50 and 75 % of full capacity ). The sodium alginate solution (O.S %, w!V) was spray-dried at an inlet temperature of 140.0 °C and a compressed air flow of 700 Nl/h using a bifluid nozzle device. Particle size was determined by microscopic image analysis. Moisture content in dried products was determined by thermogravimetric analysis. The yield of the spray-drying process ranged from 40.2 to 59.6 %. Significant influence of the investigated parameters on the process yield was noted: increasing sample flow rate resulted in reduced process yield, while the increase of drying air flow rate caused a greater yield of the process. The mean diameter of alginate microparticles ranged from 2.80±0.04 μm to 3.14±0.17 μm. SEM analysis revealed the adhesion of smaller particles to larger ones and the agglomeration oj the particles. The moisture content of the alginate microparticles ranged from 9.75 to 11.51 %. The relationship between the microparticle moisture content and the studied parameters was not observed. Relatively high moisture content in the spray-dried products was explained by sorption of the atmospheric moisture on alginate microparticles after the spray-drying process. This study can serve as a starting point in the development of alginate based drug delivery systems prepared by spray-drying.