EP2959247B1 - Method for drying hygroscopic material and apparatus for drying hygroscopic material - Google Patents

Method for drying hygroscopic material and apparatus for drying hygroscopic material Download PDF

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EP2959247B1
EP2959247B1 EP14753723.7A EP14753723A EP2959247B1 EP 2959247 B1 EP2959247 B1 EP 2959247B1 EP 14753723 A EP14753723 A EP 14753723A EP 2959247 B1 EP2959247 B1 EP 2959247B1
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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
    • F26B9/00—Machines or apparatus for drying solid materials or objects at rest or with only local agitation; Domestic airing cupboards
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B21/00—Arrangements or duct systems, e.g. in combination with pallet boxes, for supplying and controlling air or gases for drying solid materials or objects
    • F26B21/06—Controlling, e.g. regulating, parameters of gas supply
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B25/00—Details of general application not covered by group F26B21/00 or F26B23/00
    • F26B25/22—Controlling the drying process in dependence on liquid content of solid materials or objects
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B2200/00—Drying processes and machines for solid materials characterised by the specific requirements of the drying good
    • F26B2200/02—Biomass, e.g. waste vegetative matter, straw
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B2200/00—Drying processes and machines for solid materials characterised by the specific requirements of the drying good
    • F26B2200/24—Wood particles, e.g. shavings, cuttings, saw dust
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B2210/00—Drying processes and machines for solid objects characterised by the specific requirements of the drying good
    • F26B2210/16—Wood, e.g. lumber, timber

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  • the present invention relates to a method for drying hygroscopic material according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to an apparatus for drying hygroscopic material according to the preamble of claim 10.
  • the control of drying processes for production of wood products is today based on drying schedules, i.e. regulations regarding the air's dry and wet bulb temperatures as a function of time or the wood's current average moisture content during drying.
  • the wet bulb temperature is measured with a wet thermometer, wherein the thermometer bulb is wrapped in a constantly damp cloth.
  • the dry bulb temperature is measured with a conventional (dry) thermometer.
  • the moisture content is the ratio of the mass of water in a given volume to the dry mass of wood substance in the same volume, expressed in weight percent.
  • the goal with the drying schedules is to decrease the wood's average moisture content so that the wood do not get defects and to decrease it to the average moisture content expected to prevail in the surrounding environment where the wood is to be used or to an average moisture content low enough to avoid attacks from various organisms.
  • the drying schedules give different recommendations for different kinds of wood, thicknesses of wood and quality requirements.
  • the average moisture content can also be determined directly by the oven dry weight method or indirectly with other methods.
  • the oven dry weight method the wood sample is weighed in a damp condition after which the sample is dried at 103 ⁇ 2 °C until the weight stabilizes at 0% moisture content. The sample is then weighed again and the weight of the evaporated moisture is calculated. The weight of the evaporated moisture divided by the dry weight of the wood is a measure of the wood's average moisture content for the whole material.
  • One of the most common industrial methods to determine moisture content is by electrical resistance.
  • a pin is pressed or hit into the wood during measuring.
  • the resistance or the impedance, in the case where the meter uses alternating voltage, measured between the pins is a measure of the wood's average moisture content.
  • Other indirect methods use capacitive meters, electromagnetic fields or Near-infrared (NIR) to determine the average moisture content.
  • NIR Near-infrared
  • Improved product quality means, in this context, that undesired deformations, such as crack formation, twisting and cupping, in the hygroscopic material or residual internal stresses in the hygroscopic material are avoided.
  • the object of this invention is to provide a new method and a new apparatus for optimizing the drying process for hygroscopic material, so that undesired deformations, such as crack formation, twisting and cupping, in the hygroscopic material or residual internal stresses in the hygroscopic material are avoided.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a new method and a new apparatus for optimizing the drying time and/or the energy consumption in relation to the desired product quality.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a new method and a new apparatus for determining if the material has reached the equilibrium moisture content.
  • Fig. 1 shows a flow chart for a method for drying hygroscopic material 2 according to the present invention.
  • the method comprises the following steps and will be described together with fig. 1 , and also together with fig. 2 , which shows an apparatus 1 for drying hygroscopic material 2 according to the invention, and fig 3 showing a hygroscopic material 2 according to the present invention.
  • hygroscopic material 2 is supplied in a drying chamber 4 comprising a drying medium 6.
  • the climate can be controlled as desired.
  • the drying medium 6 is preferably hot air with a controlled equilibrium moisture content lower than the moisture content of the surface of the hygroscopic material 2.
  • the drying medium 6 may also comprise a medium other than air, for example a fluid.
  • the hygroscopic material 2 is preferably organic material of biological origin, such as wood, peat and biomass.
  • the invention is particularly suitable for drying wood products in the form of sawn timber, which has a thickness greater than 8 mm, preferably greater than 10 mm, or in another form, for example veneer having a thickness less than 8 mm, preferably less than 4 mm.
  • hygroscopic material 2 for example pieces of wood
  • stickers 8 i.e. spacer elements of narrow width or weak material other than wood
  • the drying medium 6 is able to pass between the parts of hygroscopic material 2.
  • a second step b energy is supplied to the drying chamber 4, so that the moisture in the hygroscopic material 2 can be evaporated.
  • the energy is produced by heating means 10, for example heating elements of different types.
  • the drying medium 6 transports away moisture from the surface of the hygroscopic material 2. Drying is preferably done from an average moisture content above the fiber saturation moisture content, when cell walls are saturated with water and cell lumens are empty, to an average moisture content below the fiber saturation moisture content, however drying is always done from a higher average moisture content to a lower average moisture content.
  • the cell cavities, or lumens are first emptied of water. Thereafter the drying of the cell walls begins. The moisture content at which the cell cavities are dried out, but the cell walls still are saturated with water is called the fiber saturation moisture content. Wood often has a fiber saturation moisture content between about 25 % and about 30 %.
  • a third step c the drying medium's 2 dry bulb temperature in the drying chamber 4 is detected continuously or periodically and an output signal for the detected dry bulb temperature is provided continuously or periodically.
  • the dry bulb temperature is measured with a first temperature detecting means 12, preferably a conventional (dry) thermometer, for example a mercury thermometer or a digital thermometer, at one or more places in the drying medium 6.
  • a first temperature detecting means 12 preferably a conventional (dry) thermometer, for example a mercury thermometer or a digital thermometer, at one or more places in the drying medium 6.
  • the drying medium 6 is kept ventilated around the first temperature detecting means 12.
  • a fourth step d the drying medium's 2 wet bulb temperature in the drying chamber 4 is detected continuously or periodically and an output signal for the detected wet bulb temperature is provided continuously or periodically.
  • the wet bulb temperature is measured with a second temperature detecting means 14, wherein the bulb of the second temperature detecting means 14 is wrapped in a constantly damp material 16, which is hygroscopic, for example cotton or fabric.
  • the measuring is made at one or more places in the drying medium 6.
  • the drying medium 6 is ventilated around the second temperature detecting means 14.
  • a fifth step e the temperature of the hygroscopic material's 2 surface layer 11 is continuously or periodically detected and an output signal for the detected temperature is continuously or periodically provided.
  • the surface layer 11 is a three-dimensional geometry with a minimum thickness 17.
  • the minimum thickness 17 is less than 2 mm, preferably less than 0.2 mm.
  • the measuring of the surface layer's 11 temperature is done with a third temperature detecting means, preferably a contactless thermometer 18, i.e. a thermometer that does not come in contact with the object whose temperature it measures.
  • a contactless thermometer 18 does not have an impact on the hygroscopic material 2, which results in more accurate measured values than if a thermometer requiring contact with the hygroscopic material 2 is used.
  • the measurement is done at one or more places on the surface layer 11 of the hygroscopic material 2.
  • the contactless thermometer 18 can for example be a pyrometer 18 or an infra-red thermometer 18, which has a receiver that receives infra-red radiation from a material and then calculates the temperature of the material.
  • the contactless thermometer 18 has preferably a receiver that detects radiation with wave lengths greater than 700 nm, preferably greater than 2.5 ⁇ m, because radiation with these wave lengths has a minimal penetration depth, so that the contactless thermometer 18 only measures the temperature on the surface layer 11 of the hygroscopic material 2.
  • the output signal for the detected dry bulb temperature, the output signal for the detected wet bulb temperature and the output signal for the detected surface temperature are used as an indication of the hygroscopic material's 2 surface moisture content to control the properties of the drying medium 6.
  • the properties of the drying medium 6 are its temperature and water content.
  • the temperature of the drying medium 6 is controlled by supply of energy to the drying chamber 4.
  • the water content of the drying medium 6 is controlled by steam, i.e. supplying moisture to the drying chamber 4. Because the dry bulb temperature, the wet bulb temperature and the surface temperature are measured continuously or periodically and output signals for these detected temperatures are provided continuously or periodically, the indication of the hygroscopic material's 2 surface moisture content can be provided continuously or periodically.
  • the difference between the dry bulb temperature and the wet bulb temperature is called the psychrometer difference and is a measure of the relative humidity.
  • the relative humidity indicates the percentage of water vapour in relation to the maximum possible amount of water vapour at the current temperature and the current pressure.
  • the wet bulb temperature is always equal to or lower than the dry bulb temperature, depending on how much moisture the surrounding drying medium 6 comprises. Heat energy is consumed and the temperature decreases when water from the hygroscopic material 2 evaporates. This continues until an equilibrium is reached between the absorbed heat energy from the drying medium 6 and the energy consumption for the water evaporation. At the beginning of the drying process, the surface of the hygroscopic material 2 has, if its surface is saturated with moisture, the wet bulb temperature.
  • the hygroscopic material 2 more and more reaches the dry bulb temperature as drying proceeds.
  • the surface has a temperature equal to the drying medium's 6 dry bulb temperature when the surface of the hygroscopic material 2 has reached the equilibrium moisture content.
  • the surface temperature is thus, in relation to the dry bulb temperature and the wet bulb temperature, a measure of the surface moisture content.
  • the surface moisture content gives an indication of the rate at which water evaporates from the surface of the hygroscopic material 2.
  • the supply of energy is regulated to ensure that the evaporation rate of the hygroscopic material's 2 surface in the drying chamber 4 is held below a predetermined maximum. In this way, undesirable deformations, such as crack formation, twisting and cupping, in the hygroscopic material 2 or residual internal stresses in the hygroscopic material 2 are avoided.
  • the hygroscopic material's 2 surface moisture content can also be used to optimize the drying time in relation to the desired product quality and to determine if the hygroscopic material 2 has reached the equilibrium moisture content.
  • the water on the surface of the hygroscopic material 2 only vaporizes if the moisture content of the hygroscopic material's 2 surface is greater than the hygroscopic material's 2 equilibrium moisture content in the drying medium 6.
  • the moisture content of the hygroscopic material's 2 surface is greater than the drying medium's 6 equilibrium moisture content.
  • the moisture content that the wood aims to reach with respect to the air temperature and the relative humidity is called the equilibrium moisture content and is specified in percent of the dry weight. If the wood is more humid than the equilibrium moisture content, the wood will emit water to the surrounding air and will also shrink. Conversely, the wood absorbs humidity from the surrounding air and swells if the wood's moisture content is lower than the prevailing equilibrium moisture content. Wood built into constructions should therefore have a moisture content as close as possible to the equilibrium moisture content in the finished construction to prevent moisture migration.
  • a seventh step g control of the drying medium's 6 flow rate and flow direction is done.
  • the drying medium's 6 flow rate and flow direction can be measured by a flow meter 24.
  • the drying medium's 6 speed and/or temperature can be increased, and in order to lower the energy supply to the hygroscopic material 2, the drying medium's 6 speed and/or temperature can be decreased.
  • the circulation of the drying medium 6 is done by means of ventilation means 20.
  • the ventilation means 20 are driven by a motor 21 and can vary the flow direction of the drying medium 6 by reversing, i.e. is changing the rotation direction. Reversing the drying medium 6 is advantageous during drying. Unless reversing of the drying medium 6 is done, the hygroscopic material 2 that comes in contact with the drying medium 6 first will dry faster than the hygroscopic material 2 that comes in contact with the drying medium 6 last.
  • the drying medium 6 is exchanged. If the surrounding drying medium 6 is dry, it can absorb more water vapour from the hygroscopic material 2 compared to if the drying medium 6 is humid at the same temperature. If the drying medium 6 is saturated with water, i.e. if the relative humidity is 100%, the drying medium 6 cannot absorb any humidity at all. It is therefore important to replace humid drying medium 6 surrounding the hygroscopic material 2 with new dry drying medium 6, so that the drying continues.
  • the drying medium 6 can be let out from the drying chamber 4 through at least one ventilation opening 25 and new drying medium 6 can be supplied to the drying chamber 4 through at least one ventilation opening 25.
  • the drying medium 6 can also be let out from the drying chamber 4 and be dehydrated, for example by condensation drying, and then reintroduced into the drying chamber 4.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises, as mentioned above, a drying chamber 4 for accommodation of hygroscopic material 2 and a drying medium 6 and also heating means 10 for supplying energy to drying chamber 4.
  • the drying chamber 4 can for example be a kiln or travelling dryer.
  • the hygroscopic material 2 is preferably organic material of biological origin, such as wood, peat and biomass.
  • the apparatus is particularly suitable for drying wood products in the form of sawn timber with a thickness greater than 8 mm, preferably greater than 10 mm, or in another form, for example veneers having a thickness less than 8 mm, preferably less than 4 mm.
  • Several parts of hygroscopic material 2, for example pieces of wood can be arranged together by stacking layers. When stacking, stickers 8, i.e. spacer elements of narrow width and height lumber or weak material other than lumber, are arranged between the parts of hygroscopic material 2, so that the drying medium 6 can pass between the parts of hygroscopic material 2.
  • the heating means 10 are for example heaters of various types.
  • the drying medium 6 transports away moisture from the surface of the hygroscopic material 2 and is preferably hot air with a controlled equilibrium moisture content that is lower than the moisture content of the surface of the hygroscopic material 2.
  • the drying is preferably done from an average moisture content above the fibre saturation moisture content to an average moisture content below the fibre saturation moisture content, however it is always done from a higher average moisture content to a lower average moisture content.
  • the cell cavities are first emptied of water. Thereafter the dehydration of the cell walls starts. The moisture content at which the cell cavities are dehydrated, but the cell walls still are saturated with water is called the wood's fibre saturation moisture content.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises first temperature detecting means 12 that detects the drying medium's 6 dry bulb temperature in the drying chamber 4 and provides an output signal for the detected dry bulb temperature, second temperature detecting means 14 that detects the drying medium's 6 wet bulb temperature in the drying chamber 4 and provides an output signal for the detected wet bulb temperature, and third temperature detecting means 18 that detects the surface temperature of the hygroscopic material 2 and provides an output signal for the detected surface temperature.
  • the first temperature detecting means 12 is preferably a conventional (dry) thermometer, such as a mercury thermometer or a digital thermometer.
  • the first temperature detecting means 12 measures continuously or periodically at one or more places of the drying medium 6.
  • the drying medium 6 around the first temperature detecting means 12 is kept ventilated to improve the measuring.
  • the bulb of the second temperature detecting means 14 is wrapped with a constantly damp material 16, such as cotton or fabric.
  • the measuring is performed continuously or periodically at one or more places in the drying medium 6.
  • the drying medium 6 around the second temperature detecting means 14 is kept ventilated to improve the measuring.
  • the third temperature detecting means 18 is preferably a contactless thermometer, i.e. a thermometer that does not contact the object whose temperature it measures.
  • the measuring is done at one or several places on a surface layer 11 of the hygroscopic material 2.
  • the surface layer 11 is a three dimensional geometry with a minimal thickness 17.
  • the contactless thermometer 18 does not affect the hygroscopic material 2, which leads to more accurate measured values than if a thermometer that requires contact with the hygroscopic material 2 is used.
  • the contactless thermometer 18 can for example be an infrared thermometer or pyrometer.
  • the apparatus 1 also comprises a control unit 22 that receives the output signal for the detected dry bulb temperature, the output signal for the detected wet bulb temperature and the output signal for the detected surface temperature through a signal wire 23 or a wireless construction.
  • the control unit 22 is then given an indication of the hygroscopic material's 2 surface moisture content and regulates the properties of the drying medium 6.
  • the properties of the drying medium 6 are its temperature and water content.
  • the temperature of the drying medium 6 is regulated by supply of energy to the drying chamber 4.
  • the water content of the drying medium 6 water is regulated by steaming, i.e. addition of moisture to the drying chamber 4.
  • the supply of moisture to the drying chamber 4 is done using a steam apparatus 26.
  • the dry bulb temperature, the wet bulb temperature and the surface temperature are measured continuously or periodically, an indication of the hygroscopic material's 2 surface moisture content can be given continuously or periodically.
  • the surface of the hygroscopic material 2 has, if the surface is saturated with moisture, the wet bulb temperature at the beginning of the drying process. The hygroscopic material 2 more and more reaches the dry bulb temperature as drying continuous. When the surface of the hygroscopic material 2 has reached the equilibrium moisture content, the surface has a temperature equal to the dry bulb temperature. The surface temperature is thus, in relation to the dry bulb temperature and the wet bulb temperature, a measure of the surface moisture content.
  • the surface moisture content gives an indication of the rate at which water evaporates from the surface of the hygroscopic material 2.
  • the supply of energy is regulated to ensure that the evaporation rate from the hygroscopic material's 2 surface in the drying chamber 4 is held below a predetermined maximum. In this way, undesirable deformations, such as crack formation, twisting and cupping, in the hygroscopic material 2 or residual internal stresses in the hygroscopic material 2 can be avoided.
  • the water evaporation rate from the hygroscopic material 2 can also be used to optimize the drying time and/or energy consumption in relation to the desired product quality and to determine if the hygroscopic material 2 has reached the equilibrium moisture content.
  • the present invention comprises ventilation means 20 for regulating the drying medium's 6 flow rate and flow direction.
  • the drying medium's 6 flow rate and flow direction can be measured by a flow meter 24.
  • the ventilation means 20 are driven by a motor 21.
  • the drying medium's 6 speed and/or temperature can be increased and to lower the energy supply to the hygroscopic material 2, the drying medium's 6 speed and/or temperature can be decreased.
  • the ventilation means 20 varies the flow direction of the drying medium 6 by reversing, i.e. reversing the rotation direction. Reversing the drying medium 6 is advantageous during drying. Unless reversing of the drying medium 6 is done, the hygroscopic material 2 in contact with the drying medium 6 first, dries faster than the hygroscopic material 2 in contact with the drying medium 6 later.
  • the ventilation means 20 can also exchange the drying medium 6. If the surrounding drying medium 6 is dry, it can absorb more water vapour from the hygroscopic material 2 compared to if the drying medium 6 is humid at the same temperature. If the drying medium 6 is saturated with water, i.e. if the relative humidity is 100%, the drying medium 6 cannot absorb any moisture at all. It is therefore important to replace the humid drying medium 6 surrounding the hygroscopic material 2 with new dry drying medium 6, so that drying continues.
  • the drying medium 6 can be let out from the drying chamber 4 through at least a ventilation opening 25 and new drying medium 6 can be supplied to the drying chamber 4.
  • the drying medium 6 can be let out from the drying chamber 4 and dehydrated, for example by condensation drying, and then reintroduced into the drying chamber 4.

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