Drying Phenomena
- Introduction : needs for drying - types of dryers
- Dryers design
- Moisture in gases and solids : humidity of moist gases - enthalpy of moist gases
- Enthalpy - moisture curves
- Solids moisture content - moisture isotherm
- Moisture equilibrium quantity relations
- Moist solids enthalpy - presentation of moisture equilibrium on moisture charts
- Moisture lost side effects
- Moisture and heat balances - State changes in moist air - mass balances
- Energy balances
- Direct heating
- Ideal dryers heat demand
- Conservation of energy
- Humidification - saturation processes - adiabatic saturation temperature - vapour diffusion
- Moisture potential coefficient - evaporation from a moist surface
- Humidity measurement - evaporation by heating
- Humidification in dryers
- Drying process : ideal moist solids - simple model systems
- Drying curve characteristics
- Drying theories - drying intensity
- Critical point curve
- Performance of dryers : convective dryers - heating methods
- Unconventional heating
- Transfer units - loading
- :Continous drying : state paths in progressive dryers
- Progressive rotary contact dryers - progressive through dyers
- Dryers with solids mixture
- Batch dryers : drying ovens - deep beds
- Van Meel equations
- drying with gas circulation