Posts Tagged ‘spray dryer’
Did you know: An Indirect Air Heater is Utilized For Instant Coffee Manufacturing?
Centuries ago, an Ethiopian goat farmer observed his goats acting full of energy after eating berries from a coffee shrub. Curious, the goat farmer ate a few of these berries himself; finding similar side effects. A coffee bean is found in the center of a coffee berry. Long before coffee became a popular beverage, it…
Read MoreDid you know that indirect fired air heaters are used in manufacturing tobacco extracts?
Some products made with tobacco also require tobacco extracts, such as cigarettes. When manufacturing cigarettes, the paper must be flavored using tobacco extracts. These extracts are generated by: Processing the tobacco with water and alcohol to make the tobacco liquescent. Using a spray dryer to provide a more concentrated tobacco extract. In order to create…
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 MoreIndustrial Hot Air Generators for Dryers
Are you in need of hot air for your industrial dryer? Indirect fired or direct fired air heaters are used as a hot air generator for many types of industrial dryers. The wet material being dried with every type of dryer determines whether the process utilizes a direct fired air heater or an indirect fired…
Read MoreS&B Indirect Air Heaters Used In Milk Processing
About a year ago we posted a series of blogs, which highlighted four industrial dryers that utilize process air heaters. This post will discuss the processing of milk, which happens to use two of the four types of dryers: spray dryers and fluid bed dryers. Before it can be packaged for commercial sale, all forms of milk must…
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