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For adsorption isotherms, pear cubes (10 mm X 10 mm) were frozen at — 40°C and freeze-dried (Telstar Lioalfa-6 lyophyliser) at 10 Pa. Afterwards, samples were placed in chambers with controlled relative humidity (RH) up to equilibrium was reached. Desorption isotherms were obtained in pear slices with skin (with approximately 8 cm diameter and 10 mm thickness), partially dehydrated in a conventional dryer at 45°C for different times to ensure different final water contents in the samples. After the drying treatment, samples were kept in plastic bags under refrigeration to ensure the internal moisture equilibration and then their water activity was measured. Experiments were carried out in triplicate for each sample. 

Particularly if dry powder is produced in a spray dryer plant from solutions, suspensions, or slurries, agglomeration can be accomplished if the partially solidified but still moist particles are tumbled in an associated fluidized bed where, in most cases, final drying also takes place. Fig. 6.2-17 is the schematic flow diagram of a continuous fluidized spray dryer (FSD). As compared with the conventional spray dryer [B.48, B.49, B.71, B.93], a somewhat modified gas handling system is the most obvious new feature of the FSD. Drying gas (9) not only enters the top of the tower for cocurrent drying but also a so-called plenum , a specially designed chamber at the bot-... 

The method of removing the liquid from the slurry is critical. Spray drying determines the distribution of the oxide in the dry particles of oxide and catalyst, catalyst precursor or catalyst support to provide the product of this invention. The spray drying may be carried using conventional spray drying techniques and equipment. The chamber product from the chamber of the spray dryer is typically made up of porous spheroidal particles with diameters of about 30 to about 300 [jum. The cyclone product collected from the cyclone of the spray dryer is made up of porous spheroidal particles with somewhat smaller diameters. These spray dried particles may be sieved to obtain a fraction of particles with a narrower size distribution. The spray dried spheroidal particles are referred to herein as microspheres. As is well-known in the spray drying art, many of the porous microspheres produced have a void in the center with one or two openings to the outside. Such particles are referred to in the art as Amphora I-type and Amphora Il-type particles, respectively. 

Faber et al. also report on a successful industrial installation using a steam dryer for activated carbon pellets (2000 kg/h, dry basis) from an initial moisture content of 50%-2% (dry basis) [6], The pellets are dried to 8% (dry basis) before they are fed to an evacuated chamber in which the final moisture content of 2% is achieved. The steam enters the dryer at 300°C and leaves at 150°C. The steam discharged is used to preheat the feed. The authors report smooth operation of the dryer since 1985. The installed cost of the steam drying steam was 40% lower than that for a conventional air dryer. The air dryer can operate at a maximum temperature of 125°C to avoid combustion in the dryer. The energy costs (1986 data) were estimated to be about 3.6 per ton of dry product in South Africa. 

Figure 21.9 presents such a novel design, originally developed for drying of whole egg but successfully used for drying of other biomaterials such as egg white, animal blood, casein, yeast, and soya protein [21]. The dryer comprises a vertical cylindrical chamber with a set of horizontally located and oppositely directed pneumatic nozzles. A grid-type gas distributor supports inert particles. In contrast to the conventional VFB dryers, this grid is freely mounted with a small clearance to the chamber wall and vibrated vertically... 

In practical applications, the pulse combustor can be used alone or in combination with a conventional burner. The primary function of the pulse combustor is then to serve as a speaker that excites resonant pulsations in a drying chamber, thereby improving the dryer performance. In such a case, the pulse combustor supplies from 10% to 30% of the process energy. The total amount of energy supplied to the burner and pulse combustor by a fuel is equal to or lower than the amount of energy supplied to the dryer with a conventional burner alone [26]. 

The principle of operation, basic design, and process characteristics for most common types of dryers with inert carriers are well described in easily accessible literature. These are the vibrated fluid bed dryer and the fluid bed dryer in its conventional and two-chamber configurations (Kudra and Mujumdar, 1995 Erdesz and Ormos, 1986), spouted bed dryer (Re and Freire, 1989), jet-spouted bed dryer (Markowski, 1992), pneumatic dryer (Blasco et al., 1996), rotary dryer (Limaverde et al., 2000), impinging stream dryer (Kudra and Mujumdar, 1989), dryer with a vertical inner conveyor screw (Pallai et al., 1995), etc. Therefore, here we present less common configurations that are interesting from research and applications points of view. 

The term pulse combustion originates from intermittent (pulse) combustion of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel in contrast to continuous combustion in conventional burners. Such periodic combustion generates intensive pressure, velocity, and to a certain extent, temperature waves propagated from the combustion chamber via a tailpipe (a diffuser) to the process volume (an applicator) such as a dryer, calciner, or incinerator. Because of the oscillatory nature of the momentum transfer, pulse combustion intensifies the rates of heat and mass transfer. 

The cell case is formed from an aluminum-polymer laminated film. The film is fusion bonded, the electrode stack is inserted, and the exterior case is fused by a heat or an ultrasonic sealing apparatus. The assembly then is checked for internal shorts, the moisture is removed by heating in a vacuum dryer, the electrolyte (polymer or conventional electrolyte depending upon the cell kind) is then injected, and the cell is vacuum-sealed in a two-chamber configuration. After formation, any gas formed is removed by a vacuum, the cell resealed, and the gas chamber discarded. Finally, the cell is subjected to... 

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