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Title
System and method of drying solid materials and liquid-solid mixtures
Application number
20180066
Case type
National
Status
08.07.2019 Patent meddelt (B1)
Filed
16.01.2018
Effective date
16.01.2018
Publicly available
08.07.2019
Next annual fee due
31.01.2027
Applicant
WAISTER AS (NO)
Owner
WAISTER AS (NO)
Inventor
Jarl Spandow (NO) et al.
Agent
ACAPO ONSAGERS AS (NO)
Granted
08.07.2019
Patent number
343915
Expiry date
16.01.2038

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Modular system of drying solid material and liquidsolid mixture, including waste from fisheries, aquaculture, breweries and disposed food, said system comprising a drier housing (100) having a material inlet (101), a material outlet (104), a drying gas inlet (106), a drying gas outlet (105), a particle filter (103) arranged at the drying gas outlet (105), said drier housing (100) further comprising at least one drying chamber (108’, 108’’). The system further comprises a fan (203) for blowing air into the drier housing (100), and a heater (206) for heating drying air before entering the drier housing (100). A gas duct (200) connecting the drying gas inlet (106) and drying gas outlet (105) defines a closed loop. A condenser (300) is arranged in gas duct (200). A bypass duct (201) with a bypass valve means (202), is connected togas duct (200) upstream and downstream of the heat exchanger (300). A time- and electric-magneticcontrolled relief valve bleeder (204) is arranged in gas duct (200) to remove vapour and non-condensable gases from the drying loop. The drying chambers (108’, 108’’) further comprises a rotary impeller or disintegrator means (102) at the bottom of the drier housing (100), and one or more drying gas inlets (106’, 106’’) in the side wall of the drying chambers (108’, 108’’) and near the bottom of the same, arranged to inject drying gas in a direction substantially horizontally into the drying chambers (108’, 108’’).

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The present invention relates to a modular system and method of drying solid materials and liquidsolid mixtures, according to the preamble of claim 1 and 6.BackgroundThe present invention relates to general drying, transformation and recovery of waste from fisheries, aquaculture and disposed foods as well as sludge, biodegradables and by-products. Solid and semi-solids materials can be pre-formed in suitable shapes for drying such as particulates, granulates or agglomerates to be properly dried. Additionally, the dryer processes Newtonian or non-Newtonian fluid-solid mixtures as they can be blended, cut, granulated or agglomerated prior to drying. In particular, this invention applies to industrial drying of distiller’s byproducts and residues such as wet distillers wet spent grains.There are many dryers around the world and special dryers as fully described on “Heat Pump Dryers – Theory, Design and Industrial Applications” with ISBN 13-978-1-4987-1133-3, written by Odilio Alves-Filho, 2016 CRC Press, NY, 2016.TW201317529A describes a closed air cycle sludge dryer, which includes a sludge drying box, a condenser, a thermal exchange apparatus, a closed air cycle loop, a waste heat source, and a chiller. The closed air cycle loop connects the sludge drying box, the condenser, and the thermal exchange apparatus. The chiller is utilized for supplying heat to the thermal exchange apparatus and for removing the heat from the condenser. The air is heated by the thermal exchange apparatus and then enters the sludge drying box for removing the moisture in the sludge drying box. The air containing moisture is cooled and dehumidified by the condenser and then enters the thermal exchange apparatus for cycling.US 2015/316319 A1 describes a method and apparatus for drying organic material, such as sewage sludge, food scraps, manure, wood or bagasse, by using the energy contained in the organic material to be dried to drive the drying process. The latent heat of evaporation is recovered through the use of a heat pump mechanism. However, prior art dryers of this type of material and liquid-solid mixture is difficult to handle or operate, due to clogging, lumping and drying disturbances leading to frequent shut-downs. There is also a need for a more energy efficient drying process.ObjectAn object of the present invention is to provide a system of recycling wet solid or semi-solid waste, and convert it to useful products. Another object is to provide a drying process for waste that eliminates dust pollution to the atmosphere. Yet another object is to provide a drying process with enhanced energy efficiency.The inventionThe objects above are achieved by a modular system and method of drying solid materials and liquid-solid mixtures, according to the characterizing part of claim 1 and 6. Additional advantages and features appear from the dependent claims.The present invention concerns a modular system of drying solid material, including waste from fisheries, aquaculture, breweries and disposed food, said system comprising a drier housing having a material inlet, a material outlet, a drying gas inlet, a drying gas outlet, a particle filter arranged at the drying gas outlet, said drier housing further comprising at least one drying chamber. The modular system further comprises a fan for blowing air into the drier housing, and a heater for heating drying air before entering the drier housing.According to the invention, the modular system exhibits a closed loop gas duct connecting the drying gas inlet and drying gas outlet, and a condenser arranged in the gas duct. A bypass duct with a bypass valve means is connected to the gas duct upstream and downstream of the condenser. A relief valve bleeder is arranged in the gas duct downstream of the condenser to remove vapour and non-condensable gases from the drying loop. The valve can be time- or electric-magnetic-controlled or hydraulically controlled. The drying chambers further comprises a rotary impeller and disintegrator means at the bottom of the drier housing, and one or more drying gas inlets in the side wall of the drying chambers and near the bottom of the same, arranged to inject drying gas in a direction substantially horizontally into the drying chambers (108’, 108’’).Preferably, a secondary filter is arranged in the duct upstream of the condenser to collect particles down to 30 microns or smaller.The filter is preferably a quick-release box filter, arranged to pull out spent filter and insert new filter in a quick and simple manner, during or after drying operation.A honeycomb structure is advantageously arranged upstream of the heater, wherein the honeycomb structure exhibits numerous adjacent flow channels, arranged with the longitudinal axis substantially aligned with the flow direction in duct, arranged to make the air flow to the heater more homogenous and less turbulent near the wall. The condenser comprises, in a traditional manner, a housing accommodating numerous lamellas and fins interconnected by cooling liquid pipes. In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the condenser further comprises numerous baffle plates, arranged with one side or end thereof attached to the internal wall of the housing and the opposite side or end terminated at a distance from the internal wall of the housing, wherein adjacent baffle plates are arranged with their free end in an alternating manner, thus forming a wave-shaped gas flow path through the condenser. This arrangement extends the flow path, enhances condensation and improves the condenser efficiency. In a preferred embodiment, the condenser comprises two or more gas inlets and outlets and two or more cooling fluid inlets and outlets.In another aspect, the present invention is related to a method of operating the system described above, said method comprising the steps of:- feeding wet solid material to drying chamber,- feeding dry gas having a temperature of about 70-140oC to the drying chamber in a horizontal direction,- operating the impellers or dis-integrators, which together with air flow maintains a fluidized bed of solid material or solids and liquid mixture being dried,- discharging dried material at product outlet,- filtering spent drying gas in filter,- discharging filtered spent drying gas in gas outlet,- optionally filtering the drying gas in a secondary box filter to remove fines therefrom, - removing liquid from the drying gas in the condenser, or bypassing drying gas in bypass duct in cases where the drying gas has a low content of humidity or humidity needs to be adjusted,- removing vapour and non-condensable gases from the drying loop through a timecontrolled, electrically controlled or hydraulically controlled relief valve bleeder,- guiding the drying gas through the honeycomb structure to provide a homogenous ideal non-turbulent gas flow near the wall,- heating the homogenous ideal non-turbulent gas flow in the heater to a temperature of about 70-140oC, and- returning hot drying gas to the drying chamber.DrawingsThe invention is now explained in further details by means of drawings, where: Fig.1 is a schematic flow diagram illustrating the drying process in accordance with the invention, Fig.2A is a schematic cross-section through the dis-aggregator in the drying chamber,Fig.2B is a perspective view of the air supply device to the drying chamber,Figs.3A and 3B are perspective view through the condenser,Fig.4 is a perspective view of the box filter for removing fines, andFig.5 is a perspective view of the honeycomb device for straightening air flow to a heater.Detailed descriptionInitially it should be mentioned that instrumentation, such as temperature gauges, pressure gauges, humidity gauges, flow meters and controller have been omitted for the case of simplicity. However, the person skilled in the art would be in a position of including the instrumentation and controllers necessary to operate the process.Now referring to Fig. 1, a simplified flow sheet of the system in accordance with the invention is shown. A dryer housing is indicated by reference numeral 100, having an inlet 101 for waste material with a hopper which feeds a screw conveyor 112 that is time- and flow-controlled to operate in semi-continuous or continuous mode. A rotary impeller 102 is arranged at the bottom of the drying housing 100, which serves to disaggregate and circulate the waste material and, in combination with air flow, establishing a fluidized bed at the bottom of the drying housing 100. A main filter 103 is arranged in the upper part of the drying, covering the cross-section of the dryer housing 100. A product outlet 104 is arranged at the bottom of the dryer housing 100, e.g. a screw conveyor 113, which is controlled to semi-continuously or continuously discharge dried material. The dryer housing 100 further comprises a gas outlet 105 connected with gas duct 200. A box filter 107 (Fig. 4) is arranged in gas duct 200, to remove and collect very fine particles down to 30 microns or smaller. The filter is described in more details below.A condenser 300 is arranged downstream of the box filter 107, to remove liquid in air exhausted from the dryer housing 100. Cooling water, at a temperature at least 5 °C lower than the dew point of the incoming condensing air stream, enters the condenser 300 at cooling water inlet 303, absorbs energy and increases its enthalpy and leaves the condenser 300 at cooling water outlet 304. Condensed liquid is drained at condense outlet 305 and from which the condensate energy can be recovered to preheat the material, screw conveyors or dis-integrator. A bypass duct 201 is arranged in the gas duct 200, connecting the gas inlet 301 and gas outlet 302 of the condenser 300. A bypass valve means 202 is arranged in the bypass duct 201, e.g. a flap or baffle valve, for partial control of flow, humidity and quality. The flap valve is opened in cases where the gas flow contains little humidity, as to control humidity and dry air mixture ration and thus saving energy in the process. A fan 203 is arranged in the gas duct, in this embodiment downstream of condenser 300. A timecontrolled, electrically controlled or hydraulically controlled relief valve bleeder 204 is arranged in duct 200 downstream of fan 203, controlled by a pressure gauge and temperature gauge. In this way the excess vapour and non-condensable gases are removed from the drying loop.The duct further comprises a honeycomb structure 205 (Fig.5), exhibiting numerous adjacent flow channels, arranged with the longitudinal axis substantially aligned with the flow direction in duct 200 and upstream of a heater 206. The honeycomb structure 205 serves to make the air flow uniform and the air heating in heater 206 becomes more efficient.Moreover, the heater 206 preferably comprises numerous elongate heating elements, extending with their longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the flow direction. The heater is composed of set of elements that are connected in parallel to each other as to release energy either to heating the material, heating the metal components and for moisture evaporation, or individually such as only for moisture evaporation. The heater is preferably operated by electricity, but it can also use steam recovered from other processes, such as discharge from turbines or from evaporation systems. The heater supplies energy to increase the air-steam temperature to the required 70-140oC at the inlet of dryer housing 100.The gas duct 200 is downstream of heater 206 splits of bifurcates in a first gas return duct 200’ and second gas return duct 200’’ and connected with gas return inlet 106 in dryer 100, as explained in further details immediately below.Fig. 2A illustrates a vertical cross-section of a part of the dryer, in this embodiment, comprising a first and second drying chambers 108’ and 108’’, provided with first and second impeller 102’ and 102’’, respectively. An electric motor 109 is arranged at the drying chambers to operate the impellers 102’ and 102’’. Recycled air is injected into the drying chambers 108’ and 108’’ through a first and second recycle gas inlet 106’ and 106’’, respectively. The gas inlets 106’ and 106’’ are arranged in a side wall of the respective drying chambers 108’ and 108’’, arranged to inject drying air in a direction substantially horizontally into the respective drying chambers 108’ and 108’’. This horizontal injection of drying air provides, together with impeller 102, formation and maintenance of a fluidized bed in an efficient manner, enhancing heat transfer and moisture removal capacity. Fig. 2B illustrates a recycle gas inlets 106’ and 106’’ in the form of a recycle gas manifold 207 in perspective, arranged to connect to an end of gas duct 200 and to first and second recycle gas inlet 106’ and 106’’.Now referring to Figs. 3A and 3B, the condenser 300 is shown in perspective in a partial cut-out, comprising a housing 306 with a first and second gas inlet 301’ and 301’’, respectively, and a gas outlet 302 . Numerous lamellas and fins 307 are arranged in a traditional manner, provided with pipes 308 for cooling liquid. In accordance with the invention, numerous baffle plates 309 are arranged with one side or end attached to the internal wall of the housing 306 and the opposite side or end (“free end”) terminated at a distance from the internal wall of the housing 306. Adjacent baffle plates, arranged at a distance therefrom, are arranged with their free end in an alternating manner, thus forming a wave-shaped gas flow path through the condenser 300. This arrangement with several gas inlets 301’ and 301’’ and baffled gas flow path by the baffle plates 309 provides a more efficient heat transfer and higher condensation than a traditional condenser with one single gas inlet and without baffle plates. Accordingly, the condenser can be built with smaller dimensions than prior art condensers.Fig.4 illustrates the box filter 107 comprising a box housing with a gas inlet 110 and gas outlet 111, and a frontal opening to accommodate an access window. A bag filter 113 is arranged slidably (arrow) inside the box filter housing 110 for easy and quick exchange by a new filter when it has reached its service life. The window is sealed, has an opening handle and 120° angular rotation provided by two barrel hinges.Finally, Fig.5 illustrates the honeycomb device, comprising numerous elongate cells 205’ with open ends and arranged adjacent to another in a housing (not shown) having a gas inlet and gas outlet. The honeycomb device is arranged with the elongate cells with their longitudinal axis extending in line with the flow direction in duct 200. As mentioned above, the honeycomb device is useful for providing a more efficient heating in the heater 206 because the gas flow becomes more uniform across the tube section and less turbulent near the heater’s wall.Mode of operationThe principle of operation and method is explained by considering Figs.1 and 2. The air enters the dryer housing 100 and suspends the wet material together with the rotating action of the disaggregator or impeller 102. The material is contained in a hopper and is continuously or semicontinuously loaded by a flow and time controlled horizontal screw-conveyor 112 in the drying chamber 108’, 108’’. The dried product is unloaded by an inclined a flow controlled screw-conveyor 113. As the suspended or fluidized material is heated by the air, it is being dried, and vapor or moisture is transported by the flowing air, crossing the main filter 103 that collects small dried particles. After flowing through a smooth 90o bend, the air passes the quick-release box filter that collects and traps the remaining very fine particles, avoiding their further transport to the next process components. At this stage there are two ways for the air to flow, which allows adjustment of the temperature, relative humidity and quality of an air-steam. In the normal way, the air-steam flows through the condenser 300 where the vapor changes phase to liquid and is drained out of the drying loop in duct 200 at condenser outlet 305, from which energy is recovered to pre-heat the incoming material. In the other way air bypasses the condenser and flows through the flap or baffle valve 202. To perform this task, the condenser’s fins or lamellas and stainless steel tube surface temperature is kept below the dew-point temperature of the incoming air-steam mixture. Then, the air enters the suction side of the fan 203 that provides the required volumetric and mass flow rates and pressure difference. The air enters a smooth bend where it flows in one of two directions. One direction is toward the time-controlled relief valve 204 and to a water lock (not shown). In this way the vapor and non-condensable gases are removed from the drying loop. Another direction is toward the honeycomb device 205, which is the normal flow of air. The honeycomb device provides uniform air-steam flow prior to enter the heater 206, which releases the exactly amount of energy as required to heat the mixture to the set conditions required for drying, that is, temperature, quality or relative humidity. Then, the air flows through a smooth bend and to the downcomer 208, whereupon it enters the curved two-expansions manifold 207. Finally, the air enters the drying chamber 108’, 108’’ to dry the suspended material and transport the removed vapor, thus repeating the cycle.The process can be operated in numerous manners, e.g. batchwise, continuously or semicontinuously. These modes of operation are possible because the screw conveyor 112 is time and flow controlled to feed the material batchwise, semi-continuously or continuously into the drying chamber.Technical effectsThe drying chambers with horizontal air injection combined with one or more rotary impellers serving as grinder, dis-integrator, circulators and mixer, ensure that the material to be dried is kept suspended, disaggregated or dispersed for proper drying. As a result, a large material surface for drying is obtained. Moreover, sticky material is prevented from clogging or blocking the air flow while keeping a stable suspended bed of material. This is a favourable procedure because drying with suspended bed reduces energy use, residence time and pressure loss. The bypass duct around the condenser reduces energy consumption when the air from the dryer contains little humidity whie adjusting the dry air and vapour ratio.The condenser itself with numerous condensing gas inlets and staggered baffle plates increases the condenser efficiency and condensation capacity and allows for a more compact design or higher cooling effect compared to prior art condensers.The honeycomb device provides uniform non-turbulent air flow prior to enter the heater, which releases the exactly amount of energy as required to heat the mixture to the set conditions required for drying, that is, temperature, quality or relative humidity.ModificationsWhile the invention has been described by air as drying medium, the process can be operated by steam as drying medium as well. In that case, the process will exhibit a slightly different design with similar layout of components. The dryer housing has been illustrated with one or two drying chambers, but the invention can comprise three or more drying chambers. The dryer is modular and can accommodate double, triple or quadruple sized drying chambers for multiple capacity or volume of material to be dried. The secondary filter 107 is not required, but is recommended in order to keep fouling at a low level and prevent clogging or blocking airflow in downstream components.
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Claims1. System of drying solid materials and liquid-solid mixtures, including waste from fisheries, aquaculture, breweries and disposed food, said system comprising a drier housing (100) having a material inlet (101), a material outlet (104), a drying gas inlet (106), a drying gas outlet (105), a particle filter (103) arranged at the drying gas outlet (105), said drier housing (100) further comprising at least one drying chamber (108’, 108’’), wherein the system comprises a fan (203) for blowing air into the drier housing (100), and a heater (206) for heating drying air before entering the drier housing (100), wherein the system exhibits a closed loop gas duct (200) connecting the drying gas inlet (106) and drying gas outlet (105), a condenser (300) arranged in gas duct (200), a bypass duct (201) with a bypass valve means (202), connected to gas duct (200) upstream and downstream of the condenser (300), a time- or electric-magnetic-controlled relief valve bleeder (204) arranged in gas duct (200) to remove excess vapour and non-condensable gases from the drying loop, wherein the drying chambers (108’, 108’’) further comprises a rotary impeller and disintegrator means (102) at the bottom of the drier housing (100), and one or more drying gas inlets (106’, 106’’) in the side wall of the drying chambers (108’, 108’’) and near the bottom of the same, arranged to inject drying gas in a direction substantially horizontally into the drying chambers (108’, 108’’),characterized in that a honeycomb structure (205) is arranged upstream of the heater (206), said honeycomb structure (205) exhibiting numerous adjacent flow channels, arranged with the longitudinal axis substantially aligned with the flow direction in duct (200), arranged to make the air flow to the heater (206) more homogenous and less turbulent near the wall.2. The system of claim 1, wherein a secondary filter (107) is arranged in the duct (200) upstream of the condenser (300) to collect particles down to 30 microns or smaller.3. The system of claim 1, wherein the filter (107) is a quick-release box filter, arranged to pull out spent filter and insert new filter during or after drying operation.4. The system of any one of the claims above, wherein the condenser (300) comprising a housing (306) accommodating numerous fins and lamellas (307) interconnected by cooling liquid pipes (308) further comprises numerous baffle plates (309), arranged with one side or end thereof attached to the internal wall of the housing (306) and the opposite side or end terminated at a distance from the internal wall of the housing (306), wherein adjacent baffle plates are arranged with their free end in an alternating manner, thus forming a wave-shaped gas flow path through the condenser (300).5. The system of any one of the claims above, wherein the condenser (300) comprises two or more gas inlets and outlets (301’, 301’’, 302) and two cooling media inlets and outlets (303, 304).6. Method of operating the system of claim 1, said method comprising the steps of:- feeding wet solid material to drying chamber (108’, 108’’) by screw conveyor (112), batchwise, semi-continuously or continuously,- feeding dry gas having a temperature of about 70-140oC to the drying chamber (108’, 108’’) in a horizontal direction,- operating the impellers or dis-integrators (102), which together with air flow maintains a fluidized bed of solid material or liquid-solid mixture being dried,- discharging dried material at product outlet (104),- filtering spent drying gas in filter (103),- discharging filtered spent drying gas in gas outlet (105),- optionally filtering the drying gas in a secondary box filter (107) to remove fines therefrom, - removing liquid from the drying gas in the condenser (300), or bypassing drying gas in bypass duct (201) in cases where the drying gas has a low content of humidity or humidity needs to be adjusted,- removing vapour and non-condensable gases from the drying loop time- and electricmagnetic-controlled relief valve bleeder (204),- guiding the drying gas through the honeycomb structure to provide a homogenous ideal non-turbulent gas flow near the wall,- heating the homogenous ideal non-turbulent gas flow in the heater (206) to a temperature of about 70-140oC, and- returning hot drying gas to the drying chamber (108’, 108’’).7. The method of claim 6, wherein the drying gas is replaced by hot superheated steam.Patentkrav1. System for tørking av faste materialer og væske/faststoff-blandinger, inkludert avfall fra fiskerier, akvakultur, bryggerier og matavfall, hvilket system omfatter et tørkehus (100) med et materialinnløp (101), et materialutløp (104), et tørkegassinnløp (106), et tørkegassutløp (105), et partikkelfilter (103) arrangert ved tørkegassutløpet (105), hvori tørkehuset (100) videre omfatter minst ett tørkekammer (108’, 108’’), hvori systemet omfatter en vifte (203) for å blåse luft inn i tørkehuset (100), og en varmeanordning (206) for å varme opp tørkeluft før den føres inn i tørkehuset (100), hvori systemet oppviser en lukket sløye gasskanal (200) som forbinder tørkegassinnløpet (106) og tørkegassutløpet (105), en kondensator (300) arrangert i gasskanal (200), en bypasskanal (201) med et bypassventilorgan (202), forbundet med gasskanal (200) oppstrøms og nedstrøms for kondensatoren (300), en tids- eller elektrisk-magnetisk-regulert avlastningsventil (204) arrangert i gasskanal (200) for å fjerne overskytende damp og ikke-kondenserbare gasser fra tørkesløyfen, hvori tørkekamrene (108’, 108’’) i tillegg omfatter et roterbart løpehjul og desintegreringsmidler (102) ved bunnen av tørkehuset (100), og ett eller flere tørkegassinnløp (106’, 106’’) i sideveggen av tørkekamrene (108’, 108’’) og nær bunnen av samme, arrangert for å injisere tørkegass i en retning hovedsakelig horisontalt inn i tørkekamrene (108’, 108’’), karakterisert ved at en bikubestruktur (205) er arrangert oppstrøms for varmeanordningen (206), hvori bikubestrukturen (205) oppviser en rekke tilgrensende strømningskanaler, arrangert med lengdeaksen hovedsakelig innrettet med strømningsretningen i kanal (200), arrangert for å gjøre luftstrømmen til varmeanordningen (206) mer homogen og mindre turbulent nær veggen.2. System ifølge krav 1, hvori et sekundært filter (107) er arrangert i kanalen (200) oppstrøms for kondensatoren (300) for å samle partikler ned til 30 mikrometer eller mindre.3. System ifølge krav 1, hvori filteret (107) er et hurtig-frigjørbart boksfilter, arrangert for å trekke ut brukt filter og sette inn nytt filter under eller etter tørkeoperasjon.4. System ifølge ett av kravene foran, hvori kondensatoren (300) omfatter et hus (306) som opptar en rekke finner og lameller (307) koblet sammen med kjølevæskerør (308) og omfatter i tillegg en rekke ledeplater (309), arrangert med én side eller ende av samme festet til innerveggen av huset (306) og den motsatte siden eller enden avsluttet i en avstand fra innerveggen av huset (306), hvori tilgrensende ledeplater er arrangert med deres frie ende i er alternerende mønster, for på denne måten å danne en bølgeformet gasstrøm gjennom kondensatoren (300).5. System ifølge ett av kravene foran, hvori kondensatoren (300) omfatter to eller flere gassinnløp og gassutløp (301’, 301’’, 302) og to kjølemedium-innløp og -utløp (303, 304).6. Framgangsmåte for drift av systemet ifølge krav 1, hvilken framgangsmåte omfatter trinnene med å:- mate vått fast materiale til tørkekammeret (108’, 108’’) med skruemater (112), satsvis, halvkontinuerlig eller kontinuerlig,- mate tørr gass med en temperatur på omtrent 70-140oC til tørkekammeret (108’, 108’’) i en horisontal retning,- drive løpehjulene eller desintegreringsmidlene (102), som sammen med luftstrømmen opprettholder et fluidisert sjikt med fast materiale eller væske/faststoff-blanding som tørkes,- lede ut tørket materiale ved produktutløp (104),- filtrere brukt tørkegass i filter (103),- lede ut filtrert brukt tørkegass i gassutløp (105),- valgfritt filtrere tørkegassen i et sekundært boksfilter (107) for å fjerne småpartikler fra samme,- fjerne væske fra tørkegassen i kondensatoren (300), eller omlede tørkegass i bypasskanal (201) i tilfeller der tørkegassen har et lavt innhold av fuktighet eller der fuktighet må justeres,- fjerne damp og ikke-kondenserbare gasser fra tørkesløyfens tids- og elektrisk-magnetiskregulerte avlastningsventil (204),- lede tørkegassen gjennom bikubestrukturen for å framskaffe en homogen ideell ikketurbulent gasstrøm nær veggen,- varme den homogene ideelle ikke-turbulente gasstrømmen i varmeanordningen (206) til en temperatur på omtrent 70-140oC, og- returnere het tørkegass til tørkekammeret (108’, 108’’).7. Framgangsmåte ifølge krav 6, hvori tørkegassen er erstattet av het overopphetet damp.
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Jarl Spandow
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Odilio Alves-Filho
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