CONDENSATE RIMMING THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SHELL OF A ROTARY DRYER IS REMOVED WITH STEAM EXISTING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE SHELL THROUGH A PLURALITY OF ORIFICES INTO AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD WITHIN THE SHELL, WHENCE IT IS EXHAUSTED TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE SHELL. TO ASSIST IN REMOVAL OF THE CONDENSATE, A PLATE ATTACHED TO THE MANIFOLD FORMS A PLURALITY OF FLOW CHANNELS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE OF THE CONDENSATE. THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE FLOW CHANNELS DECRESES IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF THE STEAM SO THAT STEAM DRIVEN FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE SHELL IS ACCELERATED ALONG THE SURFACE OF THE CONDENSATE OVER A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE TO SHEAR WATER FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SHELL AND ENTRAIN THE WATER IN THE STEAM AS THE STEAM PASSES THROUGH THE ORIFICES INTO THE MANIFOLD.

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