DRYING

Donna Mae R. Galaez

DRYING
Defined as the vaporization and
removal of water or other liquids
from a solution, suspension, or other
solid-liquid mixture to form a dry
solid.

Drying solid materials is one of the most
common and important in the chemical
process industries (CPI), since it is used in
practically every plant and facility.
TYPES of DRYERS
Batch Dryers
Continuous Dryers
BATCH DRYERS: Tray Dryers
+ operates by passing hot air
over the surface of a wet
solid that is spread over
trays arranged in racks
+ simplest and least-
expensive dryer type.

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BATCH DRYERS: Tray Dryers

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BATCH DRYERS: Pan Dryers
+ The atmospheric pan drier has a jacketed
round pan in which a stirrer or mill revolves
slowly, driven from below. The slow moving
stirrer exposes fresh surfaces and thereby
raises the rate of evaporation and, hence, of
drying.
BATCH DRYERS: Pan Dryers
CONTINUOUS DRYERS: Spray Dryers
+ convert a mixture in its liquid form to a powder
+ This is done by removing the moisture
component from the liquid solution.
CONTINUOUS DRYERS: Spray Dryers
CONTINUOUS DRYERS: Rotary Dryers
+ Basically a cylinder, inclined slightly to the
horizontal, which may be rotated, or the shell
may be stationary, and an agitator inside may
revolve slowly.
CONTINUOUS DRYERS: Rotary Dryers
CONTINUOUS DRYERS: Drum Dryers
+ A liquid containing dissolved solids or slurry
carrying suspended solids forms a thin layer on
the outside surface of a large rotating drum.

+ Mainly handles the materials that are too thick

for a spray dryer and too thin for a rotary dryer.
CONTINUOUS DRYERS: Drum Dryers
CONTINUOUS DRYERS: Drum Dryers
References
+ http://www.chemengonline.com/solids-drying-
basics-and-applications/?printmode=1
Video References
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCIPGKmFSR0
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpWOWb9VokY
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o4ZCjHnaRw