Pre-dryer

Figure 7 shows CoE plotted against air oxygen concentration to the gasifier, for a system with an RFSG and a band conveyor dryer. The biomass feed rate is 1.5 dt/h, the pre-dryer biomass moisture content 75% and the biomass cost 630/dt. 

Similar results are seen at other feed rates, pre-dryer biomass moisture contents and biomass costs. If the RFSG has to operate with oxygen-enriched air however, its superiority in CoE is rapidly eroded. For an oxygen concentration of 0.28 the difference in CoE is negligible for an oxygen concentration above 0.28 the UGETC is usually superior. 

After padding, the material passes through a drying unit, which may be a hot flue chamber, heated cans, or an infra-red pre-dryer, before entry into the drying unit proper. The dried material containing a film of the padding mixture is then heated to the desired temperature, which is somewhere between 180 and 220°C in a hot flue oven, or on cans heated by gas or in a fluidized bed. 

Certain emerging industrial applications for rigid board insulation, such as petrochemical tanks, pre-dryers used in lumber processing and solar collectors, are not reflected in terms of market potential in this presentation. As of this... 

It was noted, that after several months, deposits of hydrolysed ASA were found in the pre-dryers and on the dryer frames. This led, unfortunately, to a fire in the dryers. It was later found to be caused by excessive heat and moisture in the early dryers (required for AKD) hydrolysing the ASA and steam distiUing it onto the dryer frames. The dryer profile was altered to be more favourable to ASA, the problem was removed and sizing efficiency of the ASA improved. 

Poor retention of fillers and fines caused by the poor retention and/or wet-end imbalance can also result in deposits of filler/fines/size at the presses and press felts and pre-dryer doctor blades. 

Deposits in the pre-dryer section and the cylinder pick are more effectively controlled. 

The dryer section consists of up to 100 drying cylinders in the pre-dryer section and about 15 in the after-dryer section. One or two single-tier groups are followed by double-tier drying groups. For good flatness of the finished product the top and the bottom cyhnder rows are heated separately to control curl tendency. 

PTT polymer pellets must be dried to a moisture level of <30 ppm, preferably in a close-loop hot air dryer, to avoid hydrolytic degradation during melt processing. Drying is carried out with 130 °C hot air with a dew point of < -40 °C for at least 4 h. Because of the faster crystallization rate, PTT pellets are already semicrystalline after pelletizing, and do not require pre-crystallization prior to drying as with PET. The dried polymer is extruded at 250-270 °C into bulk continuous filaments (BCFs), partially oriented yam (POY), spin-draw yam (SDY) and staple fiber. 

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Thermal pre-treatment can be carried out before the fruits enter the dryer. This reduces both the initial microbial count of the fruit and the degree of enzymatic browning. The cells in the pieces of fruit that are heated break up, thus accelerating the subsequent drying process. 

Figure 6 shows average CoE over all pre- and post- dryer moisture contents plotted against biomass feed rate for each of the three dryer options. CoE is expressed relative to the average for all dryers at that feed rate. 

These results allow an assessment of the pre-treatment costs of biomass on a larger scale. The installation envisioned is a pre-treatment station as shown in Figure 1 with a throughput of 4 ton per hour. It contains a biomass dryer, a coarse grinder with an 8 mm sieve and a fine grinder with a 2 mm sieve. The following basic assumptions have been introduced in the economic evaluation ... 

Avoid agitation of material conveyor, tunnel, tray dryers Inert drying medium vacuum dryer, superheated steam dryer As above lower oxygen concentration in drying indirect drying Pre-condition solids backmixing, pelletization Vacuum or freeze dryers Freeze dryers (to retain aroma)... 

A further technology for the production of instant (agglomerated) materials in a spray dryer uses the recirculation of dry, already pre-agglomerated particles into the spraying zone of the dryer. Recirculating flnes are particles captured in cyclones of the dust collection system and product screen undersize. Figs. 6.4-10 and 6.4-11... 

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