Rotary dryers tray type

Dryers. Drying, another type of evaporation technique, is suited for waste streams of very high soHds content. Several common types of dryers are vacuum rotary dryers, dmm dryers, tray and compartment dryers, and pneumatic conveying dryers. 

In conveyor and tray types of dryer, air is often recirculated inside the drying vessel in an attempt to save energy or to maintain a relatively high moisture content in the drying air. In other direct dryers such as flash, fluidised-bed, rotary and spray units, any recycle of exhaust air must be returned to the dryer using external ducting, the cost of which is offset by the net savings from the lower volumes of exhaust streams which have to be handled. 

Inorganic Products.—General rules for the application of certain types of dryers cannot be given as there are too many variations in the nature and quantity of the products to be handled. Usually rotary vacuum and drum dryers are used for delicate products, and direct-heated or steam-heated cylindrical rotary dryers are used for bulky materials that are not affected by higher temperatures. Chamber and shelf dryers (either atmospheric or vacuum) should be used for all delicate and sticky materials, also pastes, and in cases where the material is strongly acid or alkaline, as the trays that are placed on top of the shelves can be made of almost any kind of material which will prevent contamination of the product. Sticky material and paste can also be handled successfully on either a single or double roll drum dryer. 

Typical examples of conventional direct dryers are spray, fluid bed, flash, rotary, belt and continuous tray type. In the former three types, the wet solids are suspended in the carrier medium. In the latter three types, the carrier medium passes slowly across the bed of solids. Additionally, there exists some minor tumbling of the solids through the gas stream (carrier medium). 

Tray dryers—fixed bed type for drying of wet solids like dyes for paper mills. Rotary dryer (jacketed) or direct heating of material—drying of wet sodium sulphate. 

The ABS polymer is recovered through coagulation of the ABS latex. Coagulation is usually achieved by the addition of an agent to the latex which destabilizes the emulsion. The resulting slurry can then be filtered or centrifuged to recover the ABS resin. The wet resin is dried to a low moisture content. A variety of dryers can be used for ABS, including tray, fluid bed, and rotary kiln type dryers. 

Batch Furnaces This type of furnace is employed mainly for the heat treatment of metals and for the drying and calcination or ceramic articles. In the chemical process industry, batch furnaces may be used for the same purposes as batch-tray and truck dryers when the drying or process temperature exceeds 600 K (620°F). They are employed also for small-batch calcinations, thermal decompositions, and other chemical reactions which, on a larger scale, are performed in rotary Idlns, hearth furnaces, and shaft furnaces. 

The basic types used in the chemical process industries are tray, band, rotary, fluidised, pneumatic, drum and spray dryers. 

Figure 9.4. Types of dryers cited in Tables 9.1 and 9.2. (a) Tray or compartment, (b) Vacuum tray, (c) Vertical agitated batch vacuum drier, (d) Continuous agitated tray vertical turbo, (e) Continuous through circulation, (f) Direct rotary, (g) Indirect rotary, (h) Agitated batch rotary (atmos or vacuum), (i) Horizontal agitated batch vacuum drier, (j) Tumble batch dryer, (k) Splash dryer. (I) Single drum, (m) Spray, (n) Fluidized bed dryer, (o) Pneumatic conveying (mostly after Nonhebel and Moss, 1971).

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