Web dryer with fully integrated regenerative heat source and control thereof
US6651357B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF26B23/022
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Integrated web dryer and regenerative heat exchanger, as well as a method of drying a web of material using the same. The apparatus and method of the present invention provides for the heating of air and the converting of VOCs to harmless gases in a fully integrated manner via the inclusion of a regenerative combustion device as an integral element of the drying apparatus.
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