EP0521221B1 - Rotary disc-type dryer - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
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- the present invention relates to a rotary disc-type dryer comprising the features as defined in the preamble of claim 1.
- a drye is, for example, disclosed in US-A-4 640 345 (Fig. 12 and Fig. 13 of the patented specification) which is substantially constructed as follows.
- the dryer comprises a) a hollow drum through which a heating medium such as steam can be circulated, b) means rotatably mounting the hollow drum within an outer casing, inlet means for introducing fluid into said outer casing, c) an outlet means for discharging the fluid after being heated from the outer casing, d) a plurality of hollow and disc-like projections mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the hollow drum, e) first partition means dividing the interior of the hollow drum into supply and discharge passages, f) a supply port for each projection at said peripheral wall of the hollow drum communicating with the supply passage and a discharge port for each projection at the peripheral wall of the hollow drum communicating with the discharge passage, whereby the heating medium supply and discharge passages each communicate with the interior of hollow portions of the projections, g) second partition means within each of the hollow disc-like projections between a supply port and a discharge port thereof for directing fluid around the interior of the projection from the supply port to the discharge port, and h) scraper means for scraping off the dried solid material
- the heating medium can smoothly circulate within the hollow drum as well as the projections and can provide a heat exchange with heated or heating medium within the outer casing and the slurry-like material on the surface of the projections can be effectively dried and the dried material is scraped off from the surface of the projections.
- the above dryer however, has following drawbacks. Namely, the steam which is used as the heating medium is converted to the drain water as a result of the heat exchange between the steam and the slurry-like material to be dried which adhere to the both surfaces of the projections.
- the drain water accumulates in the inner space defined in the respective projections and considerably deteriorates the heat exchanging efficiency between the steam and the slurry-like material.
- the second partition means is made of a single flat straight plate which radially extends toward the outer casing, it takes a considerable time for expelling the drain water from the inner space of the respective partitions to the discharge passage.
- the drying operation with the conventional dryer is less than optimal in view of the drying efficiency.
- the present invention discloses rotary disc-type dryer which comprises a) a hollow drum through which steam can be circulated, b) means rotatably mounting the hollow drum within an outer casing, c) a plurality of hollow rotary discs mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the hollow drum, d) first partition means dividing the interior of the hollow drum into a steam injection chamber and a steam discharging chamber, e) a steam injection aperture for each hollow rotary disc at the peripheral wall of the hollow drum communicating with the steam injection chamber and a steam discharging aperture for each hollow rotary disc at the peripheral wall of the hollow drum communicating with the steam discharging chamber, whereby the steam injection and discharging chamber each communicate with the inner space of the hollow rotary discs, f) second partition means within each of the hollow rotary discs between the steam injection aperture and the steam discharging aperture thereof for directing steam from the steam injection aperture to steam discharging aperture, g) spray means for spraying slurry-like material onto both surfaces of said hollow rotary discs, and
- Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the drying system incorporating the rotary disc-type dryer of the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the above drying system.
- Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the dryer.
- Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view of the dryer taken on line I-I in Fig. 3.
- Figure 5 is a partially-broken-away front view of the thickness leveller.
- Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the thickness leveller taken on line II-II of Figure 5.
- Figure 7 is a schematic view of the scraper.
- Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of the scraper.
- Figure 8a is a cross-sectional view of the modification of the scraper.
- Figure 8b is a plan view of the scraper.
- Figure 8c is a plan view of the scraper blade.
- Figure 9 is a schematic view of the peripheral scraper.
- Figure 10 is a front enlarged view of the peripheral scraper.
- Figure 11 is an explanatory view showing the manner of transferring drain water from the inner space of the hollow rotary drum to the steam discharging chamber.
- a rotary disc-type dryer A comprises a casing 10 in which a hollow drum 30 which is provided with a plurality of rotary discs 11 on the outer surface thereof is rotatably disposed in the casing 10.
- the rotary discs 11 are charged with heating medium such as steam by way of the hollow drum 30.
- a spray pipe 12 is disposed in the casing 10 for spraying slurry-like material onto the surface of the rotary discs 11.
- the rotary disc-type dryer A is also provided with a thickness leveller F for levelling the thickness of the slurry-like material sprayed onto the surface of the rotary discs 11, a scraper G for scraping off the dried material from the rotary discs 11 and a peripheral scraper H for scraping off the slurry-like material on the periphery of the rotary discs 11.
- a slurry collecting tank B is disposed right below the casing 10 for collecting slurry-like material fallen from the surface of the rotary discs 11.
- a slurry circulation line C connects the slurry collecting tank B with the spray pipe 12 and the line C is provided with a pump 13 for feeding the slurry-like material to the spray pipe 12 from the slurry collecting tank B under pressure.
- a slurry storage tank D for storing the material to be dried in a slurry form is disposed adjacent to the dryer A and a main slurry supply line E connects the slurry storage tank D with the slurry collecting tank B.
- the material to be dried may be any kind of liquid including industrial waste or residue from various plants such as food processing plant, mining plant, steel refining plant, pharmaceutical plant, porcelain or ceramics manufacturing plant.
- the main slurry supply line E is provided with a pump 14 for feeding the slurry-like material into the slurry collecting tank B from the slurry storage tank D.
- the casing 10 of the rotary disc-type dryer A is mounted on a frame structure 20 which includes a plurality of vertical struts 21a.
- the casing 10 is provided with an upper door 10a and a lower door 10b which enable the access to the inside of the casing 10 at the time of maintenance.
- the casing 10 is also provided with a duct 10c which communicates the inside of the casing 10 with a dust collector 10d mounted on the floor.
- the hollow drum 30 of the rotary disc-type dryer A has both end journaling portions 21,22 thereof connected with a steam supply pipe 23 and a steam drain pipe 24 respectively by way of rotary joints 25,26.
- the steam drain pipe 24 is provided with a steam trap 24a for discharging drain water while preventing the discharge of steam.
- a material collecting hopper 27 is attached to the bottom portion of the casing 10 and the slurry collecting tank B is disposed right below the material collecting hopper 27.
- the rotary disc-type dryer A is also provided with a power-operated motor 36 mounted on the frame structure 20 and a sprocket wheel 37 mounted on the output shaft of the motor 36 is connected with a sprocket wheel 38 mounted on the journaling portion 21 of the hollow drum 30.
- the hollow drum 30 is concentrically and rotatably disposed in the casing 10.
- a plurality of hollow rotary discs 11 are concentrically mounted on the hollow drum 30 while these discs 11 are axially spaced apart from each other.
- a partition wall 31 is disposed in the hollow drum 30 axially in a slanted manner dividing the inner space of the hollow drum 30 into a steam injection chamber S1 and a steam discharging chamber S2.
- the steam injection chamber S1 is communicated with the inner space S of the hollow rotary discs 11 by way of a plurality of steam injection apertures 32 formed in the wall of the hollow drum 30, while the steam discharging chamber S2 is communicated with the inner space S of the hollow rotary discs 11 by way of a plurality of steam discharging apertures 33 formed in the wall of the hollow drum 30.
- the hollow drum 30 is provided with a steam injection opening 34 and a steam discharging opening 35 on the respective ends thereof, wherein the steam injection opening 34 is communicated with the steam injection chamber S1 and the steam discharging opening 35 is communicated with the steam discharging space S2.
- the steam injection opening 34 and steam discharging opening 35 are formed in the journaling portions 21, 22 of the hollow drum 30.
- the steam which enters the steam injection chamber S1 by way of the steam supply pipe 23 is fed into the inner space S of the rotary discs 11 through the steam injection apertures 32. Then the steam enters the steam discharging chamber S2 through the steam discharging apertures 33 from the inner space S of the rotary discs 11. Finally the steam is discharged into the steam drain pipe 24.
- the disc surface 11a of the rotary discs 11 is heated at a temperature of 100 °C to 150°C to dry the slurry-like material on the surface of the rotary discs 11.
- a partition plate 40 is provided between the inner surface of the hollow rotary drum 30 and the outer surface of the rotary disc 11 and such partition plate 40 defines an acute angle ⁇ in a drum rotating direction between the radially inner portion 40a thereof and an extension of a line L which connects the center O of the hollow drum 30 and the radially inner proximal end 40b of the partition plate 40 which abuts to the outer surface of the hollow rotary drum 30.
- the steam discharging aperture 33 is formed in the hollow rotary drum 30 at a position where the inner proximal end 40b of the partition plate 40 merges to the U-shaped partition wall 31.
- the partition plate 40 scoops the drain water accumulated in the bottom portion of the rotary disc 11 and subsequently makes the drain water J smoothly enter into the steam discharging chamber S2 through the steam discharging aperture 33.
- the drain water accumulates at the corner defined by the inner surface of the casing 10 and the outermost end of the partition plate 40 so that the rotary disc 11 has to rotate a considerable angle to complete the transfer of the drain water from the inner space S to the steam discharging chamber S2 and accordingly the efficiency of the heat trasfer from the rotary disc 11 to the material to be dried is deteriorated.
- the slurry collecting tank B is provided with a float switch or a level sensor 10e which transmits an operating signal to the power-operated motor of the pump 14 for stopping or starting the operation of the pump 14 so as to maintain the level of the slurry-like material in the slurry collecting tank B constantly at a suitable level range.
- the sprayer or the spray pipe 12 is hereinafter explained in details. As shown in Fig. 1, the spray pipe 12 is parallelly disposed at the lower portion of the hollow drum 30.
- the spray pipe 12 is capable of spraying any kind of material in either slurry or liquid form onto the disc surfaces 11a of the discs 11. While the rotary discs 11 are being rotated, the material sprayed on the disc surfaces 11a is dried by the heat of the steam which passes through the rotary discs 11.
- Fig. 7 the construction of the scraper G is disclosed, wherein the scraper G is disposed at the lower portion of the casing 10 which is opposed to the place where the spray pipe 12 is mounted.
- the scraper blade 45 is biasingly made come into contact with the disc surface 11a and the scraper blade 45 has the bottom portion thereof fixedly fastened to a supprot fitting 46 by means of bolts 47.
- the support fitting 46 is, in turn, pivotally mounted on a mounting plate 48 by way of a pivot 47a.
- Numeral 51 indicates a support plate which is symmetrically mounted on the mounting plate 48 relative to the support fitting 46 by means of bolts 52.
- a compression fitting 53 made of a leaf spring bridges between the scraper blade 45 and the support plate 51.
- the central portion of the compression fitting 53 is connected with the mounting plate 48 by means of a contact pressure adjustment bolt 54.
- a modification of the scraper G is disclosed, wherein the scraper blade 45 is provided with a plurality of parallelly-spaced apart slits 45a along the front periphery thereof thus forming a plurality of independently swingable blade sections 45b.
- the thickness leveller F is explained hereinafter in view of Fig. 5 and Fig. 6.
- Numeral 63 indicates a pair of contact rollers which sandwitch the rotary disc 11 for uniformly compressing the material sprayed on both disc surfaces 11a,11a of the rotary disc 11.
- the contact roller 63 has the front extremity thereof tapered while the proximal end thereof rotatably journaled by in a bearing box 64 by means of bearings 65.
- Numeral 66 indicates a pulley
- numeral 67 indicates a steel-made connecting plate which adjustably connects the bearing box 64 to a bracket 67a fixedly mounted on the frame structure 20.
- Numeral 68 indicates a drive pulley while numeral 69 indicates a power transmission belt and numeral 70 indicates a power-operated motor.
- the length of the contact rollers 63,63 is approximately equal to the diameter of the rotary disc 11 and is directed to the center of the rotary disc 11 from the outer periphery of the rotary disc 11.
- the contact rollers 63,63 can efficiently expel air or bubbles from the slurry-like material so that the decrease of the heat exchanging efficiency caused by such bubbles can be eliminated effectively.
- the peripheral scraper H is explained in view of Fig. 9 and Fig. 10.
- the peripheral scraper H comprises a pair of scraper plates 80,81 which are partially overlapped each other forming a scraper groove 85 in which the peripheral surface 11b of the rotary disc 11 comes into contact.
- the width of the scraper groove 85 is adjustable by means of the elongated apertures 82,83 and bolts 84.
- the slurry-like material is continuously fed into the slurry collecting tank B by way of the main slurry supply line E.
- the material to be dried is continuously or at the time of need fed to the spray pipe 12 and is sprayed onto the disc surfaces 11a of the rotary discs 11.
- the material sprayed onto the peripheral surface of the rotary discs 11 is scraped off from the rotary discs by means of the peripheral scrapers H.
- the thickness of the material is being levelled by the thickness leveller F so as to facilitate the succeeding drying operation of the material as mentioned above.
- the material Until the material arrives at a position where the scraper G is disposed, the material is completely dried by the heat exchange between the surface of the rotary discs 11 and the material.
- each rotary disc 11 Since the inner space of each rotary disc 11 is provided with the partition plate 40 which defines the acute angle ⁇ in a drum rotating direction between the radially inner portion 40a thereof and the extension line L, the drain water produced as the result of the heat exchange can be scooped with the partition plate 40 and subsequently is smoothly expelled from the inner space of the rotary disc 11 to the steam discharging chamber S2 along with the rotation of the rotary disc 30 with a small rotating angle. Then the dried material is scraped off from the disc surfaces 11a of the discs 11 and collected through the discharge chute.
- the slurry like material which falls in the slurry collecting tank B during the slurry spraying operation is collected in the ink B and then is fed to the spray pipe 12.
- the drying operation can be carried out continuously increasing the yield of the drying operation considerably while achieving high heat exchanging efficiency.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a rotary disc-type dryer comprising the features as defined in the preamble of claim 1. Such a drye is, for example, disclosed in US-A-4 640 345 (Fig. 12 and Fig. 13 of the patented specification) which is substantially constructed as follows.
- Namely, the dryer comprises a) a hollow drum through which a heating medium such as steam can be circulated, b) means rotatably mounting the hollow drum within an outer casing, inlet means for introducing fluid into said outer casing, c) an outlet means for discharging the fluid after being heated from the outer casing, d) a plurality of hollow and disc-like projections mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the hollow drum, e) first partition means dividing the interior of the hollow drum into supply and discharge passages, f) a supply port for each projection at said peripheral wall of the hollow drum communicating with the supply passage and a discharge port for each projection at the peripheral wall of the hollow drum communicating with the discharge passage, whereby the heating medium supply and discharge passages each communicate with the interior of hollow portions of the projections, g) second partition means within each of the hollow disc-like projections between a supply port and a discharge port thereof for directing fluid around the interior of the projection from the supply port to the discharge port, and h) scraper means for scraping off the dried solid material from the surface of respective projections.
- Due to such construction, the heating medium can smoothly circulate within the hollow drum as well as the projections and can provide a heat exchange with heated or heating medium within the outer casing and the slurry-like material on the surface of the projections can be effectively dried and the dried material is scraped off from the surface of the projections.
- The above dryer, however, has following drawbacks. Namely, the steam which is used as the heating medium is converted to the drain water as a result of the heat exchange between the steam and the slurry-like material to be dried which adhere to the both surfaces of the projections. The drain water accumulates in the inner space defined in the respective projections and considerably deteriorates the heat exchanging efficiency between the steam and the slurry-like material.
- In the conventional dryer having the above construction, since the second partition means is made of a single flat straight plate which radially extends toward the outer casing, it takes a considerable time for expelling the drain water from the inner space of the respective partitions to the discharge passage.
- Accordingly, the drying operation with the conventional dryer is less than optimal in view of the drying efficiency.
- Accordingly, it is an object of the present device to provide a rotary disc-type dryer which can resolve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional dryer.
- In summary, the present invention discloses rotary disc-type dryer which comprises a) a hollow drum through which steam can be circulated, b) means rotatably mounting the hollow drum within an outer casing, c) a plurality of hollow rotary discs mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the hollow drum, d) first partition means dividing the interior of the hollow drum into a steam injection chamber and a steam discharging chamber, e) a steam injection aperture for each hollow rotary disc at the peripheral wall of the hollow drum communicating with the steam injection chamber and a steam discharging aperture for each hollow rotary disc at the peripheral wall of the hollow drum communicating with the steam discharging chamber, whereby the steam injection and discharging chamber each communicate with the inner space of the hollow rotary discs, f) second partition means within each of the hollow rotary discs between the steam injection aperture and the steam discharging aperture thereof for directing steam from the steam injection aperture to steam discharging aperture, g) spray means for spraying slurry-like material onto both surfaces of said hollow rotary discs, and h) scraper means for scraping off the dried solid material from the surface of respective hollow rotary discs, the improvement being characterized in that said second partition means is made of a plate which extends between the hollow drum and the outer surface of the rotary disc and the plate defines an angle in a drum rotating direction between the radially inner portion thereof and an extension of a line which connects the center of the hollow drum and the radially inner proximal end of the plate which abuts to the outer surface of the hollow rotary drum.
- Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the drying system incorporating the rotary disc-type dryer of the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the above drying system.
- Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the dryer.
- Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view of the dryer taken on line I-I in Fig. 3.
- Figure 5 is a partially-broken-away front view of the thickness leveller.
- Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the thickness leveller taken on line II-II of Figure 5.
- Figure 7 is a schematic view of the scraper.
- Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of the scraper.
- Figure 8a is a cross-sectional view of the modification of the scraper.
- Figure 8b is a plan view of the scraper.
- Figure 8c is a plan view of the scraper blade.
- Figure 9 is a schematic view of the peripheral scraper.
- Figure 10 is a front enlarged view of the peripheral scraper.
- Figure 11 is an explanatory view showing the manner of transferring drain water from the inner space of the hollow rotary drum to the steam discharging chamber.
- A drying system which incorporates a rotary disc-type dryer according to the present invention will be described hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
- Firstly, the entire construction of the drying system is explained in view of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.
- A rotary disc-type dryer A comprises a
casing 10 in which ahollow drum 30 which is provided with a plurality ofrotary discs 11 on the outer surface thereof is rotatably disposed in thecasing 10. Therotary discs 11 are charged with heating medium such as steam by way of thehollow drum 30. Aspray pipe 12 is disposed in thecasing 10 for spraying slurry-like material onto the surface of therotary discs 11. - The rotary disc-type dryer A is also provided with a thickness leveller F for levelling the thickness of the slurry-like material sprayed onto the surface of the
rotary discs 11, a scraper G for scraping off the dried material from therotary discs 11 and a peripheral scraper H for scraping off the slurry-like material on the periphery of therotary discs 11. - A slurry collecting tank B is disposed right below the
casing 10 for collecting slurry-like material fallen from the surface of therotary discs 11. - A slurry circulation line C connects the slurry collecting tank B with the
spray pipe 12 and the line C is provided with apump 13 for feeding the slurry-like material to thespray pipe 12 from the slurry collecting tank B under pressure. - A slurry storage tank D for storing the material to be dried in a slurry form is disposed adjacent to the dryer A and a main slurry supply line E connects the slurry storage tank D with the slurry collecting tank B. The material to be dried may be any kind of liquid including industrial waste or residue from various plants such as food processing plant, mining plant, steel refining plant, pharmaceutical plant, porcelain or ceramics manufacturing plant.
- The main slurry supply line E is provided with a
pump 14 for feeding the slurry-like material into the slurry collecting tank B from the slurry storage tank D. - The construction of each devices or parts of the drying system A is explained in detail in conjunction with Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.
- The
casing 10 of the rotary disc-type dryer A is mounted on aframe structure 20 which includes a plurality of vertical struts 21a. - The
casing 10 is provided with anupper door 10a and alower door 10b which enable the access to the inside of thecasing 10 at the time of maintenance. - The
casing 10 is also provided with a duct 10c which communicates the inside of thecasing 10 with adust collector 10d mounted on the floor. - The
hollow drum 30 of the rotary disc-type dryer A has both end journalingportions steam supply pipe 23 and asteam drain pipe 24 respectively by way ofrotary joints - The
steam drain pipe 24 is provided with asteam trap 24a for discharging drain water while preventing the discharge of steam. - To the bottom portion of the
casing 10, a material collectinghopper 27 is attached and the slurry collecting tank B is disposed right below the material collectinghopper 27. - As shown in Fig. 2, the rotary disc-type dryer A is also provided with a power-operated
motor 36 mounted on theframe structure 20 and asprocket wheel 37 mounted on the output shaft of themotor 36 is connected with a sprocket wheel 38 mounted on the journalingportion 21 of thehollow drum 30. - As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the
hollow drum 30 is concentrically and rotatably disposed in thecasing 10. - As shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, a plurality of hollow
rotary discs 11 are concentrically mounted on thehollow drum 30 while thesediscs 11 are axially spaced apart from each other. - A
partition wall 31 is disposed in thehollow drum 30 axially in a slanted manner dividing the inner space of thehollow drum 30 into a steam injection chamber S1 and a steam discharging chamber S2. - The steam injection chamber S1 is communicated with the inner space S of the hollow
rotary discs 11 by way of a plurality ofsteam injection apertures 32 formed in the wall of thehollow drum 30, while the steam discharging chamber S2 is communicated with the inner space S of the hollowrotary discs 11 by way of a plurality ofsteam discharging apertures 33 formed in the wall of thehollow drum 30. - The
hollow drum 30 is provided with a steam injection opening 34 and asteam discharging opening 35 on the respective ends thereof, wherein thesteam injection opening 34 is communicated with the steam injection chamber S1 and thesteam discharging opening 35 is communicated with the steam discharging space S2. - The steam injection opening 34 and
steam discharging opening 35 are formed in the journalingportions hollow drum 30. - Due to such construction, the steam which enters the steam injection chamber S1 by way of the
steam supply pipe 23 is fed into the inner space S of therotary discs 11 through thesteam injection apertures 32. Then the steam enters the steam discharging chamber S2 through thesteam discharging apertures 33 from the inner space S of therotary discs 11. Finally the steam is discharged into thesteam drain pipe 24. - During the above flow of the steam in the dryer A, the disc surface 11a of the
rotary discs 11 is heated at a temperature of 100 °C to 150°C to dry the slurry-like material on the surface of therotary discs 11. - In the above flow of the steam in the dryer A, a drain water J is produced during the heat exchanging operation and the water J tends to be accumulated in the inner space S of the
rotary discs 11. The accumulation of the drain water ill-affects the heat transfer. - For facilitating the discharge of this drain water J from the
rotary discs 11, as shown in Fig. 4, apartition plate 40 is provided between the inner surface of the hollowrotary drum 30 and the outer surface of therotary disc 11 andsuch partition plate 40 defines an acute angle α in a drum rotating direction between the radiallyinner portion 40a thereof and an extension of a line L which connects the center O of thehollow drum 30 and the radially innerproximal end 40b of thepartition plate 40 which abuts to the outer surface of the hollowrotary drum 30. - The
steam discharging aperture 33 is formed in the hollowrotary drum 30 at a position where the innerproximal end 40b of thepartition plate 40 merges to the U-shapedpartition wall 31. - Due to such a construction, as the
rotary disc 11 is rotated as shown in Fig. 11 (a) to (d), thepartition plate 40 scoops the drain water accumulated in the bottom portion of therotary disc 11 and subsequently makes the drain water J smoothly enter into the steam discharging chamber S2 through thesteam discharging aperture 33. - If the
partition plate 40 is formed on the extension of the line L, the drain water accumulates at the corner defined by the inner surface of thecasing 10 and the outermost end of thepartition plate 40 so that therotary disc 11 has to rotate a considerable angle to complete the transfer of the drain water from the inner space S to the steam discharging chamber S2 and accordingly the efficiency of the heat trasfer from therotary disc 11 to the material to be dried is deteriorated. - The slurry collecting tank B is provided with a float switch or a
level sensor 10e which transmits an operating signal to the power-operated motor of thepump 14 for stopping or starting the operation of thepump 14 so as to maintain the level of the slurry-like material in the slurry collecting tank B constantly at a suitable level range. - The sprayer or the
spray pipe 12 is hereinafter explained in details. As shown in Fig. 1, thespray pipe 12 is parallelly disposed at the lower portion of thehollow drum 30. Thespray pipe 12 is capable of spraying any kind of material in either slurry or liquid form onto the disc surfaces 11a of thediscs 11. While therotary discs 11 are being rotated, the material sprayed on the disc surfaces 11a is dried by the heat of the steam which passes through therotary discs 11. - In Fig. 7, the construction of the scraper G is disclosed, wherein the scraper G is disposed at the lower portion of the
casing 10 which is opposed to the place where thespray pipe 12 is mounted. - In Fig. 8, the
scraper blade 45 is biasingly made come into contact with the disc surface 11a and thescraper blade 45 has the bottom portion thereof fixedly fastened to a supprot fitting 46 by means ofbolts 47. The support fitting 46, is, in turn, pivotally mounted on a mountingplate 48 by way of apivot 47a. -
Numeral 51 indicates a support plate which is symmetrically mounted on the mountingplate 48 relative to the support fitting 46 by means of bolts 52. - A compression fitting 53 made of a leaf spring bridges between the
scraper blade 45 and thesupport plate 51. The central portion of the compression fitting 53 is connected with the mountingplate 48 by means of a contactpressure adjustment bolt 54. - In Fig. 8a to Fig. 8c, a modification of the scraper G is disclosed, wherein the
scraper blade 45 is provided with a plurality of parallelly-spaced apart slits 45a along the front periphery thereof thus forming a plurality of independentlyswingable blade sections 45b. - Due to such provision of the
slits 45a, even when the surface 11a of thehollow rotary disc 11 is deformed by heat, the front periphery of thescraper 45 snugly comes into contact with the surface 11a of thehollow rotary disc 11 through the entire length thereof so that the dried material on the surface 11a of thehollow rotary disc 11 can be completely scraped off. - In this modification, in lieu of the
support plate 51, another mountingplate 48 is symmetrically mounted on the mountingplate 48 relative to the support fitting 46 by means of bolts 52. - The thickness leveller F is explained hereinafter in view of Fig. 5 and Fig. 6.
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Numeral 63 indicates a pair of contact rollers which sandwitch therotary disc 11 for uniformly compressing the material sprayed on both disc surfaces 11a,11a of therotary disc 11. - The
contact roller 63 has the front extremity thereof tapered while the proximal end thereof rotatably journaled by in abearing box 64 by means ofbearings 65.Numeral 66 indicates a pulley, numeral 67 indicates a steel-made connecting plate which adjustably connects thebearing box 64 to abracket 67a fixedly mounted on theframe structure 20. -
Numeral 68 indicates a drive pulley while numeral 69 indicates a power transmission belt and numeral 70 indicates a power-operated motor. - The length of the
contact rollers rotary disc 11 and is directed to the center of therotary disc 11 from the outer periphery of therotary disc 11. - Due to such construction, while compressing the
contact rollers disc 11, therollers - Furthermore, the
contact rollers - The peripheral scraper H is explained in view of Fig. 9 and Fig. 10.
- The peripheral scraper H comprises a pair of
scraper plates scraper groove 85 in which theperipheral surface 11b of therotary disc 11 comes into contact. The width of thescraper groove 85 is adjustable by means of theelongated apertures bolts 84. - The manner in which the drying system provided with the rotary disc-type dryer of this invention is operated is hereinafter disclosed.
- Firstly, the slurry-like material is continuously fed into the slurry collecting tank B by way of the main slurry supply line E.
- While rotating the
hollow rotary discs 11 which are heated with steam in a clockwise direction, the material to be dried is continuously or at the time of need fed to thespray pipe 12 and is sprayed onto the disc surfaces 11a of therotary discs 11. The material sprayed onto the peripheral surface of therotary discs 11 is scraped off from the rotary discs by means of the peripheral scrapers H. - When the material arrives at a position where thickness leveller F is disposed, the thickness of the material is being levelled by the thickness leveller F so as to facilitate the succeeding drying operation of the material as mentioned above.
- Until the material arrives at a position where the scraper G is disposed, the material is completely dried by the heat exchange between the surface of the
rotary discs 11 and the material. - Since the inner space of each
rotary disc 11 is provided with thepartition plate 40 which defines the acute angle α in a drum rotating direction between the radiallyinner portion 40a thereof and the extension line L, the drain water produced as the result of the heat exchange can be scooped with thepartition plate 40 and subsequently is smoothly expelled from the inner space of therotary disc 11 to the steam discharging chamber S2 along with the rotation of therotary disc 30 with a small rotating angle. Then the dried material is scraped off from the disc surfaces 11a of thediscs 11 and collected through the discharge chute. - The slurry like material which falls in the slurry collecting tank B during the slurry spraying operation is collected in the ink B and then is fed to the
spray pipe 12. - In this manner, since the supply of the slurry-like material from the slurry storage tank D to the slurry collecting tank B and the feeding of the slurry-like material from the slurry collecting tank B to the
spray pipe 12 can be carried out simultaneously, the drying operation can be carried out continuously increasing the yield of the drying operation considerably while achieving high heat exchanging efficiency.
Claims (5)
- A rotary disc-type dryer comprising :(a) a hollow drum (30) through which steam can be circulated,(b) means rotatably mounting the hollow drum within an outer casing (10),(c) a plurality of hollow rotary discs (11) mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the hollow drum,(d) first partition means (31) dividing the interior of the hollow drum into a steam injection chamber (S1) and a steam discharging chamber (S2),(e) a steam injection aperture (32) for each hollow rotary disc at the peripheral wall of the hollow drum communicating with the steam injection chamber (S1) and a steam discharging aperture (33) for each hollow rotary disc at the peripheral wall of the hollow drum communicating with the steam discharging chamber (S2), whereby the steam injection and discharging chamber each communicate with the inner space (S) of the hollow rotary discs,(f) second partition means (40) within each of the hollow rotary discs between the steam injection aperture and the steam discharging aperture thereof for directing steam from the steam injection aperture to steam discharging aperture,(g) spray means (12) for spraying slurry-like material onto both surfaces of said hollow rotary discs, and(h) scraper means (G) for scraping off the dried solid material from the surface of respective hollow rotary discs,
the dryer being characterized in that said second partition means (40) is made of a plate which extends between the hollow drum and the outer surface of the rotary disc and the plate defines an angle in a drum rotating direction between the radially inner portion (40a) thereof and an extension of a line (L) which connects the center (O) of the hollow drum (30) and the radially inner proximal end (40b) of the plate (40) which abuts to the outer surface of the hollow rotary drum (30). - A rotary disc-type dryer according to claim 1, wherein said rotary disc-type dryer includes a thickness leveller (F) which comprises a pair of rod-like contact rollers (63) which sandwich said each hollow rotary disc (11), said contact rollers being operably connected with roller rotating means (64-68).
- A rotary disc-type dryer according to claim 1, wherein said scraper means (G) comprises a scraper blade (45) which has the proximal end thereof pivotally mounted on a fixed frame (48) and the distal end thereof comes into contact with disc surface (11a) of said hollow rotary discs, and biasing means which applies a biasing force to said disc surface.
- A rotary disc-type dryer according to claim 1, wherein said scraper means includes a peripheral scraper means (H) which comprises a pair of scraper plates (80,81) which are partially overlapped each other forming a scraper groove (85) in which the peripheral surface (llb) of the hollow rotary disc (11) comes into contact.
- A rotary disc-type dryer according to claim 1, wherein said dryer further includes a) a slurry storage tank (D) for storing material to be dried in a slurry form, b) a slurry collecting tank (B) disposed below said casing, c) a main slurry supply line (E) which connects said slurry storage tank (D) with said slurry collecting tank (B), d) a slurry circulation line (C) which connects said slurry collecting tank (B) with said spray pipe (12), e) pump means (14) mounted on said main slurry pipe (E) for supplying said slurry-like material into said slurry collecting tank (B), and f) pump means (13) mounted on said slurry circulation line (C) which connects said slurry collecting tank (B) with said slurry spray pipe (12).
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