Concepts for Controlling Process Drying Rates

Title: Concepts for Controlling Process Drying Rates
Authors: Dan Bemi, Regional Sales Manager, Mike Bria, Project Engineer, MEGTEC Systems
Contact Information: e-mail – dbemi@megtec.com (Tel : 262-255-3275)

Controlling the drying or evaporation rate inside a forced air, convection-style dryer can be accomplished using several different approaches. Before examining specific methodologies, let’s briefly review how convection drying works and what variables define this heat and mass transfer based process.