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This document provides examples of drying calculations: 1) A hot air dryer handling 1,000 kg/h of wet feed with 20% moisture to 12.5% dry basis moisture. Using air at 82.2C exhausting at 60C, calculate air volume and preheater duty. 2) A coconut dryer processing 1,133.8 kg/h coconut meat from 20% to 1.5% moisture. Given temperatures and properties, calculate heat input. 3) A dryer handling wet material from 100% to 10% dry basis moisture using air at 100C exhausting at 60C and 52.5C dew point. Calculate ambient air volume and re-cir

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Drying Examples

This document provides examples of drying calculations: 1) A hot air dryer handling 1,000 kg/h of wet feed with 20% moisture to 12.5% dry basis moisture. Using air at 82.2C exhausting at 60C, calculate air volume and preheater duty. 2) A coconut dryer processing 1,133.8 kg/h coconut meat from 20% to 1.5% moisture. Given temperatures and properties, calculate heat input. 3) A dryer handling wet material from 100% to 10% dry basis moisture using air at 100C exhausting at 60C and 52.5C dew point. Calculate ambient air volume and re-cir

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DRYING

Example Problems
Example 1:
• A hot air dryer handles 1,000 kg/h of wet feed with a
moisture content of 20% wet basis to reduce the moisture
content to 12.5% dry basis. Atmospheric air at 23.9°C
with a relative humidity of 60% is preheated to a dry bulb
temperature of 82.2°C. The exhaust air leaves the dryer
at 60°C. Calculate: (a) the volume of the atmospheric air
handled by the preheater and (b) the duty of the preheater
in kcal/h.
Example 2
• A Proctor & Swartz coconut meat dryer processes 1,133.8 kg of
coconut meat per hour. The following are other data:

• Specific heat of coconut meat = 0.754 kJ/kg·K


• Density of coconut meat from the shearing and washing section =
1.520 kg/m3
• Initial moisture content of coconut meat = 20%
• Final moisture content of coconut meat = 1.5%
• Coconut meat inlet temperature = 21°C
• Coconut meat outlet temperature = 38°C
• Drying condition = 71°C db
• Drying condition RH = 20%
• Barometer reading = 89.6 kPa

• Compute the heat input to the dryer.


Example 3
• A wet material from a processing plant containing 100%
(dry basis) moisture has to be dried to produce a product
with 10% (dry basis) moisture. Heated air at 100°C and
10% relative humidity is being supplied to the dryer and
leaves at 60°C and a dew point of 52.5°C. Part of the
outlet air is re-circulated and mixed with ambient air at
30°C and 70% relative humidity. Neglecting heat losses
due to radiation to the surroundings and pre-heating of
the solid materials and its receptacle, calculate:
• (a) Volume of ambient air, m3/min
• (b) Percentage of the outlet air re-circulated and mixed
with ambient air when producing 500 kg/h of product.
Seatwork
• Ten short tons/h of crushed coal with 15.1% moisture (wet
basis) is to be dried to 5% moisture (wet basis) in a
counter-current continuous rotary dryer using hot air
entering the dryer at 180°F, 10% relative humidity and
leaves at 40% RH. How much hot air, in ft3/min, will be
needed for the operation? Assume adiabatic operation.
Seatwork
• An adiabatic tunnel dryer reduces the moisture content of pineapple stumps used
as a fuel in the boiler of a pineapple cannery. Ambient air is heated and blown
through the tunnel dryer countercurrent to the flow of pineapple stumps. The
operating conditions are:

• Pineapple Stumps:
• Feed rate 100 MT/day
• Moisture content, feed 100% Dry basis
• Moisture content, product 30% dry basis
• Ambient Air:
• Temperature 29.4°C
• Relative Humidity 80%
• Hot Air:
• Inlet temperature 76.9°C
• Outlet relative humidity 100%

• Calculate: (a) the quantity of moisture removed from the pineapple stumps in
MT/day; (b) the humidity of the inlet air; (c) the temperature of the air leaving the
dryer; (d) the volume of ambient air needed for drying in m3/h

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