Posts Tagged ‘direct fired air heater’
Industrial Air Heater Vs. HVAC Air Handler
Industrial air heaters and HVAC handling systems can both be direct fired or indirect fired to provide heated air.
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Read MoreWhere is heat used in Lime Manufacturing?
In our last post, we discovered that cement manufacturing utilizes limestone. Therefore, we decided to focus on lime manufacturing this week! Originating with its earliest use as building mortar, lime has many end uses today: steel manufacturing, asphalt, plaster, sugar refining, wastewater treatment, and many others! Lime Production Infographic The National Lime Association has provided detailed lime…
Read MoreWhat’s the difference: Direct Vs Indirect Fired Heaters?
What is the technical difference between direct fired and indirect fired? In terms of process air heaters, what are the features, benefits and applications of direct fired vs indirect fired? Direct Fired “Direct Fired” means just that; the burner is fired directly into the process air stream to heat it. Air heaters that are direct…
Read MoreFluid Bed Dryers & Process Air Heaters
The fourth and final type of dryer that we will discuss that utilizes air heaters is a fluid bed dryer (or fluidized bed dryer). According to Wikipedia: “A fluidized bed is formed when a quantity of a solid particulate substance is placed under appropriate conditions to cause the solid/fluid mixture to behave as a fluid.” Fluid Bed Diagram…
Read MoreSpray Dryers and Their Heat Source
We have discussed flash and rotary dryers; the third type of industrial dryer that uses a process air heater for hot gas generation is a spray dryer. Spray dryers are known for distributing a consistent particle size and are the most prominent drying system in the food and dairy powder industries. Powdered colors, inorganic chemicals, insoluble organic…
Read MoreWhat Type of Air Heater Do Flash Dryers Utilize?
As we mentioned last week, there are 4 main dryer systems that use process airs: rotary dryers, pneumatic/flash dryers, spray dryers, and fluidized bed dryers. This week we will focus on pneumatic/flash dryers (we will refer to them as flash dryers). Flash dryers make up some of the largest dryers in the world! These dryers are…
Read MoreIndustrial Dryers that Use Air Heaters – Highlighting Rotary Dryers
While there are many types of dryers used in industry today, there are 4 main systems that implement indirect fired air heaters or direct fired process air heaters. These dryers include: rotary dryers, pneumatic/flash dryers, spray dryers, and fluidized bed dryers. Rotary Dryers In this blog post, we are going to focus on Rotary dryers. Rotary…
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