US3426838A - Drying apparatus for drying moist organic or inorganic materials - Google Patents

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US3426838A
US3426838A US617701A US3426838DA US3426838A US 3426838 A US3426838 A US 3426838A US 617701 A US617701 A US 617701A US 3426838D A US3426838D A US 3426838DA US 3426838 A US3426838 A US 3426838A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D11/00—Heat-exchange apparatus employing moving conduits
    • F28D11/02—Heat-exchange apparatus employing moving conduits the movement being rotary, e.g. performed by a drum or roller
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B17/00—Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement
    • F26B17/28—Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement with movement performed by rollers or discs with material passing over or between them, e.g. suction drum, sieve, the axis of rotation being in fixed position
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D11/00—Heat-exchange apparatus employing moving conduits
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S165/00—Heat exchange
    • Y10S165/135—Movable heat exchanger
    • Y10S165/139—Fully rotatable
    • Y10S165/147—Fluid impeller or material advancer

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  • the present invention relates to a drying apparatus, preferably steam heated, for drying moist organic or inorganic materials, of the kind comprising a stationary, housing with a substantially horizontal drying chamber enclosed by a hollow jacket and rotary heating members arranged within said chamber.
  • the steam heated drying apparatus of the British patent specification comprises a cylindrical drying chamber in which a hollow steam conveying cylinder is mounted within the drying chamber for rotation about an axis coinciding with or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drying chamber.
  • the hollow cylinder carries a plurality of outwards protruding hollow, ring or disc shaped members to which a heating fluid, preferably steam, is supplied and discharged through the hollow cylinder.
  • a heating fluid preferably steam
  • the hollow cylinder extends in the longitudinal direction of the drying chamber, the axial length of the apparatus as a whole may be inconvenient for applications when very moist materials are to be treated. It will often be so, for instance when the drying apparatus is to be installed on board a ship, such as a trawler, that the space available in the axial direction may be limited, although there is ample space in a lateral direction. Increasing the diameter of the apparatus as a whole will not give the desired result, since the heating area per unit of volume will be decreased.
  • a further object of the present invention is to obtain a drying apparatus in which inlet and outlet sluices can be arranged at the inlet and the outlet end, whereby introduction and discharge of material can take place without interfering with vacuum conditions within the drying chamber.
  • the materials can be subjected to a continuous drying operation under sub-atmospheric pressure, thereby increasing the drying effect.
  • the drying chamber contains at least two such rotatable hollow cylinders the rotational axes of which extend parallel to each other from the inlet to the outlet end of the drying chamber, and the spacing between said axis of rotation being less than the ICC total diameter of the ring or disc shaped heating members carried on said hollow cylinders.
  • the ring or disc shaped heating members of one hollow cylinder will protrude into the space between two adjacent ring or disc shaped members on the other rotary cylinder.
  • scraper means are arranged on each rotary cylinder for scraping ofi material which may tend to stick to the surface of the other cylinder and to the inner wall of the heating jacket.
  • scraper means are known in the art, for instance from the British patent specification mentioned above, it has appeared that they in the apparatus according to the present invention also increase the drying efiiciency of the apparatus as a whole, since they tend to create a whirling motion in the area where the heating members of the rotary cylinders overlap.
  • FIG. 1 is an axial sectional view of the steam heated drying apparatus according to the invention, in an embodiment comprising two rotors arranged one above the other.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the heating apparatus according to FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of a heating apparatus comprising two rotors arranged side by side.
  • the steam dryer comprises a housing 10' forming the drying chamber 10a for the dryer and being provided with a steam jacket 11 for heating the inner wall of the housing 10 and the drying chamber.
  • the steam jacket 11 may as known per se be divided into sections (not shown) which are individually charged with steam through supply means, not shown.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 further comprise two rotatable heating members 15a and 15b arranged vertically one above the other.
  • the heating members are driven by an electric motor 16, preferably via a suitable transmission.
  • This heating member comprises a hollow stub shaft 17 mounted in a bearing 18 in one end of the housing.
  • the stub shaft 17 is secured to a hollow cylinder 19 extending over the entire length of the housing 10 and is secured in its other end to a second stub shaft 20 mounted in a bearing 21.
  • a plurality of hollow disc shaped members 22 are welded to the outer cylindrical face of the cylinder 18. These members may be obtained by shaping two annular plates into truncated cones and arranging them with their base lines engaging toward each other, whereupon the truncated cones are welded together at their base lines. The circular central openings are then welded to the cylindrical wall of the hollow cylinder 19.
  • outer periphery of the members 22 are spaced from the inner wall of the housing, whereby the mass received within the drying chamber may advance through the outer passage defined by the inner wall of the housing and the periphery of the members 22.
  • a plate 23 is secured to each of the circular heating members 22 with its plane parallel to the axis of the cylinder.
  • Said plates are preferably arranged along a helical path on successive members in the longitudinal direction of the rotatable heating member. This feature enables a certain transportational effect to be obtained although the planes of said plates are parallel to the axis of the cylinder. However, for some applications it may be desired to arrange such plates under an oblique angle to the longitudinal direction if it is desired to obtain a quicker or slower advancing effect upon the material within the drying chamber.
  • Each of the hollow heating members 15a and 15b are preferably supplied with steam and condensate removed in the same way as described in the British patent specification No. 789,439 mentioned above, reference being had to this patent regarding the specific details of the means for the supply of live steam and discharge of condensate.
  • the lower hollow cylinder 15a is provided with disc shaped agitating and scraping members 35 carried by supporting arms 36 secured to the hollow cylinder.
  • Corresponding agitating and scraping members 37 are carried by supporting arms 35 secured to the upper hollow cylinder 15b and the outlet end of the drying chamber. The latter members 37 also serve to bring a certain amount of the dry material up to the outlet opening through which the dry material leaves the drying chamber.
  • the rotatable heating members comprising hollow cylinders carrying disc shaped members 22 are not arranged as upper and lower cylinders but side by side in a housing having an elongated cross section in the lateral direction.
  • This embodiment may be convenient in cases where the space in a vertical direction is occupied by equipment for pre-treating the materials before they enter into the drying chamber.
  • Scraper means 39a of FIG. 2 and 39b of FIG. 3 may be secured to the inner wall of the housing 10. Such scraper means 39a, 39b will serve to scrape off material that may stick to the outer face of the hollow cylinder. However, for most applications such additional scraping means will be superfluous, since the members 35 and 37 normally will be sufficient to keep the heating faces clean.
  • a discharge opening 41a for vapours and drying air is arranged at the top of the housing 10 near the outlet end.
  • a similar discharge opening 41b is located at the side of the housing 10 in FIG. 3.
  • the discharge opening 13b is in FIG. 3 located beneath the discharge opening 41b.
  • the housing 10 has a rounded bottom and a square top. Because of this, passages 42a and 42b will be formed for easier passage of vapour and drying air, which may be introduced into the drying chamber for assisting in the drying operation. These passages 42a and 42b are defined by the upper side wall portions 43a and 43b and the flat top 44a of the housing. Similar passages 42c and 42d for vapour and air are formed in FIG. 3, one passage 420 being obtained by arranging a similar flat portion 44b of the top of the housing, whereas the other one will be formed in the space between the rotors. In the arrangement of FIG. 3, this portion will not be filled with material, since the level within the drying chamber will be lower.
  • a drying apparatus for drying moist materials comprising a stationary housing with a substantially horizontal drying chamber enclosed by a hollow jacket, said jacket having an inlet and an outlet for the passage of the treated materials, and rotatable heating members within said chamber, such members comprising a hollow cylinder and a plurality of outwards protruding hollow disc shaped members on said cylinder to which heating fluid is supplied and discharged via the hollow cylinder, at least some of said disc shaped members including plate means Secured at the outer periphery of said disc shaped members and arranged to secure a transporting effect in the axial direction of the hollow cylinder, the rotatable heating members being at least two in number and having rotational axes which extend parallel to each other from an inlet to an outlet end of said drying chamber, the spacing between said axes of rotation being less than the total diameter of the disc shaped members carried on said hollow cylinders, whereby the disc shaped heating members of one hollow cylinder will protrude into the space between two adjacent disc shaped members on the adjacent hollow cylinder and said
  • agitating means comprises plate members secured to said cylinders and extending towards the surface of the jacket and the surface of an adjacent cylinder in the region of said inlet and outlet.

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FR2207265A1 (de) * 1972-11-21 1974-06-14 List Heinz
JPS5026151A (de) * 1973-07-10 1975-03-19
US4482253A (en) * 1983-03-28 1984-11-13 Joy Manufacturing Company Rotary material processor
WO1986000696A1 (en) * 1984-07-16 1986-01-30 Deck Brent D Heat exchanger cleaning
US4640345A (en) * 1984-10-10 1987-02-03 Jinichi Nishimura Rotating heat exchanger
US5150531A (en) * 1991-06-05 1992-09-29 Keystone Rustproofing, Inc. Sludge drying apparatus and method
US5172492A (en) * 1988-11-04 1992-12-22 Jwi, Inc. Batch-type dryer
US5263267A (en) * 1989-03-20 1993-11-23 Judco Manufacturing, Inc. Method and apparatus for reducing volatile content of sewage sludge and other feed materials
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US20100051233A1 (en) * 2008-09-02 2010-03-04 Preston Whitney Heat-transferring, hollow-flight screw conveyor
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US3678596A (en) * 1969-11-28 1972-07-25 Kazunori Kubo Continuous slurry dryer
US3800865A (en) * 1970-05-16 1974-04-02 Stord Bartz Industri As Heat exchanges
FR2207265A1 (de) * 1972-11-21 1974-06-14 List Heinz
JPS5026151A (de) * 1973-07-10 1975-03-19
US4482253A (en) * 1983-03-28 1984-11-13 Joy Manufacturing Company Rotary material processor
WO1986000696A1 (en) * 1984-07-16 1986-01-30 Deck Brent D Heat exchanger cleaning
US4640345A (en) * 1984-10-10 1987-02-03 Jinichi Nishimura Rotating heat exchanger
US5172492A (en) * 1988-11-04 1992-12-22 Jwi, Inc. Batch-type dryer
US5263267A (en) * 1989-03-20 1993-11-23 Judco Manufacturing, Inc. Method and apparatus for reducing volatile content of sewage sludge and other feed materials
US5150531A (en) * 1991-06-05 1992-09-29 Keystone Rustproofing, Inc. Sludge drying apparatus and method
US20080295356A1 (en) * 2007-06-02 2008-12-04 Therma-Flite, Inc. Indirectly heated screw processor apparatus and methods
US20100051233A1 (en) * 2008-09-02 2010-03-04 Preston Whitney Heat-transferring, hollow-flight screw conveyor
US20110203784A1 (en) * 2008-11-06 2011-08-25 Nara Machinery Co., Ltd. Heat exchange device for powder and granular material, and method for manufacturing the same
US9004152B2 (en) * 2008-11-06 2015-04-14 Nara Machinery Co., Ltd. Heat exchange device for powder and granular material, and method for manufacturing the same
CN101936649A (zh) * 2010-09-09 2011-01-05 北京中矿环保科技股份有限公司 卧式多轴圆盘干燥机
US10782067B2 (en) 2016-02-10 2020-09-22 Hedinn Hf. Mechanical vapor recompression apparatus
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