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公开(公告)号:US20240102731A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-28
申请号:US18473522
申请日:2023-09-25
Applicant: E. & J. Gallo Winery
Inventor: Jorge Ortiz , Dan Burgess
CPC classification number: F26B3/20 , F26B17/023 , F26B23/10
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for drying harvested products using a mobile drying system are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a refractance window dryer is implemented on a mobile platform that includes two mobile units (e.g., trailers or transportable skid mounted assemblies) that may be transported to a remote location (e.g., at a harvest location). A first mobile unit may include a refractance window dryer module, and a second mobile unit may include utility equipment that supports operation of the refractance window dryer module.
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公开(公告)号:US11788790B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-17
申请号:US16797742
申请日:2020-02-21
Applicant: North Carolina State University
Inventor: Christopher B. Hopkins , Joseph L. Stuckey
IPC: F26B17/04 , C05F7/00 , C05F5/00 , C05G5/12 , C10L5/42 , C10L5/44 , C10L5/46 , C10L5/48 , C10L9/00 , F26B17/02 , C05F3/06
CPC classification number: F26B17/045 , C05F3/06 , C05F5/002 , C05F7/00 , C05G5/12 , C10L5/42 , C10L5/442 , C10L5/445 , C10L5/46 , C10L5/48 , C10L9/00 , F26B17/023 , C10L2200/0469 , C10L2290/08 , F26B2200/02 , F26B2200/18
Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for drying a bulk waste product, such as animal waste, having a moisture content of 95% or more water can include a trough configured to receive the bulk waste product and to dispense it in a form suitable for convective drying, one or more conveyors having an air-permeable conveyor belt, each conveyor receiving the waste product from the trough and transporting the waste product along a transport path; and one or more air moving devices (AMDs) that pass air through the air-permeable conveyor belt and across the waste product as it is transported along the transport path to transform the bulk waste product into a dried waste product having a moisture content of about 5% to about 20%, inclusive.
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公开(公告)号:US20230076213A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-09
申请号:US17939019
申请日:2022-09-07
Applicant: STELA Laxhuber GmbH
Inventor: Michael Stummer , Thomas Christian Laxhuber
Abstract: A continuous dryer heat exchanger device has a plurality of heat exchanger units. Waste air of an associated dryer section of the associated continuous dryer is guided through an individual heat exchanger unit and contaminants from the waste air are deposited in the heat exchanger unit. A cleaning device for cleaning the continuous flow heat exchanger device of the contaminants is thereby provided, which cleaning device has a plurality of cleaning units. An associated heat exchanger unit is to be cleaned by means of the individual cleaning unit. A switching device is provided, by means of which the cleaning units are to be switched in series one after the other.
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公开(公告)号:US11287187B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-29
申请号:US17021761
申请日:2020-09-15
Applicant: BARLEAN'S ORGANIC OILS, LLC
Inventor: John Puckett
Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and processes for drying a softgel having a hydrophilic fill material and one or more active ingredients. After forming the hydrophilic softgel, for example, the softgel is dried by sequentially passing the softgel through a series of specific drying conditions, in which the first drying condition has a low temperature and low dew point. In certain examples, controlled airflow is also used to dry the softgels. By using the systems, methods, and processes, the total time to dry the hydrophilic softgel can be beneficially reduced from several days to about 24 hours without causing shriveling of the softgel.
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公开(公告)号:US20220089789A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-24
申请号:US17422466
申请日:2020-01-13
Applicant: BASF SE
Inventor: Rene Callot , Karl Possemiers , Ruediger Funk , Marco Krueger , Matthias Weismantel , Juergen Schroeder
IPC: C08F2/18 , C08F2/04 , C08F20/04 , C08F6/00 , B01J20/26 , F26B17/04 , F26B17/02 , B01J20/285 , A61F13/53
Abstract: A process for producing superabsorbent particles by polymerizing a monomer solution or suspension, comprising drying of the resultant aqueous polymer gel in an air circulation belt dryer, grinding, classifying, and optionally thermal surface postcrosslinking, wherein the aqueous polymer gel is introduced into the air circulation belt dryer by means of an oscillating conveyor belt and that guide devices are located at the edges of the conveyor belt.
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公开(公告)号:US11215397B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-04
申请号:US16631745
申请日:2018-07-17
Applicant: The University of Newcastle
Inventor: Craig Anthony Wheeler , Jens Plinke , Kenneth Charles Williams , Peter William Alexander Robinson , Kevin James Barber , Oliver James Whatnall , John James Warner
IPC: F26B5/14 , B01D33/048 , B01D33/64 , F26B5/12 , F26B17/02 , B01D33/052
Abstract: A vibration unit assembly for a belt conveyor has a vibration element, and vibration generator and a connection assembly. The vibration generator is operatively connected to the vibration element for inducing vibrations in the vibration element. The connection assembly connects the vibration element to the belt conveyor so that the vibration element may move relative to the belt conveyor. A contact surface of the vibration element engages a material to vibrate and compress the material as it is transported on the belt conveyor. The vibration element may include a plate or a roller. A method for treating a material involves applying a vibration force and applying a compressive force to compact the material. A method for drying a material involves applying a vibration force to the material to release fluid and applying a compressive force to compact the material.
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公开(公告)号:US20200271383A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16797742
申请日:2020-02-21
Applicant: North Carolina State University
Inventor: Christopher B. Hopkins , Joseph L. Stuckey
IPC: F26B17/04 , C05F3/06 , C05F7/00 , C05F5/00 , C05G5/12 , C10L5/42 , C10L5/44 , C10L5/46 , C10L5/48 , C10L9/00 , F26B17/02
Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for drying a bulk waste product, such as animal waste, having a moisture content of 95% or more water can include a trough configured to receive the bulk waste product and to dispense it in a form suitable for convective drying, one or more conveyors having an air-permeable conveyor belt, each conveyor receiving the waste product from the trough and transporting the waste product along a transport path; and one or more air moving devices (AMDs) that pass air through the air-permeable conveyor belt and across the waste product as it is transported along the transport path to transform the bulk waste product into a dried waste product having a moisture content of about 5% to about 20%, inclusive.
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公开(公告)号:US10746466B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-18
申请号:US15501977
申请日:2015-08-03
Applicant: SUEZ INTERNATIONAL
Inventor: Pierre Emmanuel Pardo
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for thermally drying pasty products, in particular wastewater sludge, and a belt dryer implementing such a method. The principle consists of partitioning the drying operations and using, for each of the successive operations, a different quality of air: (i) hot air for “searing” the sludge, (ii) low temperature air, then (iii) cold air for quenching the sludge before the extraction of same. Also proposed are loops of air supply circuits making it possible to optimize the energy consumption of the dryer by reusing energy produced within these circuits. Moreover, the loops make it possible to recover unavoidable low temperature energy or cheap energy, further optimising the consumption of the dryer.
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公开(公告)号:US20190257581A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-22
申请号:US16346473
申请日:2017-11-01
Applicant: BioFilm IP, LLC
Inventor: Daniel X. Wray , Ericson C. CENICEROS , Reed Nicholas LIU , Olivia TANGUILEG , Seth THOMPSON , Benjamin WALLACE , Anthony ZUNINO
Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for drying a cereal grass, such as alfalfa, barley, clover, rye grass, Timothy grass, and the stalks, stems, grains and leaves of a cereal grass, such as oats, wheat, buckwheat, maize, millet, rice and sorghum. The systems include a first pressing roll and a second pressing roll that form a nip through which the cereal grass or forage crop can be pressed, pressing the liquid out of the cereal grass or forage crop to form a first product stream comprising a dewatered cereal grass or forage crop and a second product stream comprising liquid pressed out of the cereal grass or forage crop; at least one suction device for collecting the second product stream; an atomizer for converting the second product stream into droplets that can be applied to the surface of the first product stream; a drying chamber; and a circulation system for moving a drying medium through the drying chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US10281211B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-07
申请号:US14729929
申请日:2015-06-03
Applicant: Columbia PhytoTechnology, LLC
Inventor: Mark Savarese
Abstract: Apparatus and method for drying a product comprising placing the product on a first side of a support surface, and directing dry radiant heat toward the second side of the surface to heat the product. A sensor can be included to measure at least one characteristic of the product, such as the temperature or moisture content thereof. The temperature of the heat source can be regulated as a function of the measured characteristic. The support surface can also be made so as to be movable relative to the heat source. In an alternative embodiment, a plurality of control zones are defined and through which the product is successively passed. Each of the control zones has at least one associated heat source and an associated sensor so as to regulate the temperature of the heat sources associated with each control zone independently of those associated with another zone.
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