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Web dryer with fully integrated regenerative heat source and control thereof

US6681497B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 15, 2002
Grant dateJan 27, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 15, 2022

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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