Skip to Content
Process Plant Layout, 2nd Edition
book

Process Plant Layout, 2nd Edition

by Sean Moran
November 2016
Intermediate to advanced
756 pages
32h 9m
English
Butterworth-Heinemann
Content preview from Process Plant Layout, 2nd Edition
Chapter 29

Dryers

Abstract

For the purposes of layout design, solids dryers may be considered in two classes.

In the first, there is a low airflow, only needed to carry away evolved vapor. Heating is by indirect heat transfer into the material being dried. Such dryers tend to be compact standard units, mounted essentially on one floor level.

The second type of dryer has a medium to high flow of heated air or inert gas as the drying medium. Their air-heating systems, exhaust-gas cleaning, and handling systems are often as large as the dryer itself.

Keywords

Dryer; screw; trough; paddle; drum; roller; freeze; vacuum; tray

29.1 General

This chapter is specifically about solids dryers, so it excludes gas drying. Gas desiccation is a very ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

An Applied Guide to Process and Plant Design

An Applied Guide to Process and Plant Design

Sean Moran
Technical Documentation and Process

Technical Documentation and Process

Jerry C. Whitaker, Robert K. Mancini

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780128033562