This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more.
This Website Uses Cookies By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Learn MoreThis website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more.
Becky Long is a dryer design engineer with Thompson Dryers. The Topeka, Kan.-based company can be reached at 785-272-7722 or visit www.thompsondryers.com.
Industrial dryers are not one-size-fits-all systems. Key differences between drying inorganic and organic material mean that when researching drying technologies, it is important to start with the product to be dried.
Rotary-drum dryer design resolves problems with inconsistent feedstocks. The dryers can process green biomass — used for co-firing with biomass applications — to a material of uniform moisture content.
Dryer drum and shell erosion, fires and explosions, and nonuniform moisture content in the final product can all be tracked to the three most common problems in rotary-dryer systems.
If you have a rotary biomass dryer, chances are you have dealt with the three most common problems in biomass rotary dryer systems: rocks, fires and explosions, and nonuniform moisture content in final product. Get advice on dealing with all three.
Key components of rotary dryers — trunnion wheels and shafts, bearings, drum tires, shell, head plates and seals — can wear and cause rotary dryer misalignment. Know what to look for and how to respond to what you see on your industrial rotary dryer.
Rotary drum dryers are the workhorses of the industrial drying industry, but even workhorses can have maintenance problems. Fortunately, most problems occurring in industrial rotary dryers can be solved by making your drum rigid, round and aligned.
Certain conditions create and contribute to an environment that allows and supports unplanned and uncontrolled fires and explosions in industrial drying equipment. Learn how to control those conditions to minimize the risks of catastrophic events.
Unplanned and uncontrolled fires and explosions are never welcome in an industrial plant. If you operate a dryer in your facility, read on for ways to mitigate your risk of fires and explosions.
Benefits of using rotary drum dryers are large drying capacity, drying efficiency and equipment versatility. Rotary drum dryers can be used to dry uniform and nonuniform solid particles in applications from biomass to food processing.
Benefits of using rotary drum dryers are large drying capacity, drying efficiency and equipment versatility. Rotary drum dryers can be used to dry uniform and nonuniform solid particles in applications from biomass to food processing.