Apparatus and method for improved evaporation drying
AssigneeSingnergy Corporation Pte Ltd
InventorKeng Tai Chua
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Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus 100 for drying a substance 190, the apparatus 100 comprising at least one roller 121 rotatable about a central axis; a first belt 112 having a first side 112′ and a second side 112″, the first side 112′ of the first belt 112 adapted to receive the substance 190; and a plurality of heat induction elements 123 arranged to induce heat in the first belt 112 to heat the substance 190, where in operation, the first belt 112 urges via its first side 112′, the substance 190 towards a portion of an exterior circumferential surface of the roller 121, and the substance 190 is heated to remove fluids from the substance 190.
Claims24
An apparatus for drying a substance, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one non-metal roller rotatable about a central axis;
- a first metal belt having a first and a second side, the first side of the first belt adapted to receive the substance;
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- one or more heat induction elements arranged proximate to and about a portion of a surface of the roller,
- where in operation, the one or more heat induction elements induce heat in the first belt to heat the substance to remove fluids from the substance, and do not induce heat in the roller, and wherein the first belt urges via its first side, the substance towards a portion of an exterior circumferential surface of the roller.
A method of drying a substance, the method comprising the steps of:
- distributing the substance on a first metal belt having a first and a second side, the first side of the first belt adapted to receive the substance;
- inducing heat in the first belt via one or more heat induction elements arranged proximate to and about a portion of a surface of at least one non-metal roller rotatable about a central axis, to heat the substance to remove fluids from the substance, wherein heat is not induced in the roller by the one or more heat induction elements;
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- urging the substance via the first side of the first belt towards a portion of an exterior circumferential surface of the roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.