Patent · US Expired

Moving bed dryer

US6328099A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 1999
Grant dateDec 11, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S165/222
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Free-flowing solid particles are dried in a moving bed dryer by passing the particles adjacent to a heat exchanger plate containing a heated fluid while passing a dehumidified gas into the solid particles from a gas flow manifold in the heat exchanger plate.

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