Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for drying a fiber web at elevated ambient pressures

US5598642A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

David Orloff · Atlanta, US
Timothy Patterson · Wilmington, US
Andrew Krause · Monroe, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 12, 1995
Grant date	Feb 4, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 12, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF26B13/28
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for drying a fiber web is provided by pressing the web, preferably by impulse drying and then introducing the web into a gas pressurized zone followed by reducing the pressure in the zone, the reduction preferably being effected with cooling of the fiber web.

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