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US 5,509,216 AGranted
Apparatus for drying particulate material
AssigneeSomos, Inc.
InventorsAchim Becker, Michael Elotos
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AssigneeSomos, Inc.
InventorsAchim Becker, Michael Elotos
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An apparatus for drying particulate material which has at least one container for the particulate material, which container is connected in a closed air circulating system with an air drying device and a heater. Dry, heated air is moved through the particulate material by a blower in order to extract moisture from the particulate material. The moisture-laden air is discharged from the particulate material container, then dried again and heated by the heater and then is supplied again to the container for the particulate material. A connection for introducing the dry air is provided in the upper region of the particulate material container and leads into a duct which is arranged centrally within the container and which is equipped at its lower end with an air distributor. The duct which extends inside the particulate material container has a heat-insulating construction.
An apparatus for drying particulate material comprising at least one particulate material container which is connected in a closed air circulating system with an air drying device and a heater, in which a dry heated gas is moved through the particulate material by means of the blower in order to extract moisture from the particulate material, and air discharged from the particulate material container subsequently is dried again, reheated by means of the heater and then supplied again to the particulate material container, wherein a connection for introducing dry, heated gas is provided in an upper region of the particulate material container, said connection leading into a duct arranged substantially centrally in the container;
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