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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Gea Process Engineering A/s, Søborg, DK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GEA Process Engineering A/S, , DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/08 (2006.01); C02F 11/127 (2019.01); C02F 11/13 (2019.01); F26B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/08 (2013.01); C02F 11/127 (2013.01); C02F 11/13 (2019.01); F26B 3/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dryer for drying a liquid feed into a powder comprises a drying chamber defined by a chamber wall including a bottom wall portion; a feed inlet for receiving the liquid feed and dispersing particulate feed into the drying chamber; at least one air inlet for entering drying air into the drying chamber; and at least one drying chamber outlet for dried powder and/or spend drying air from the drying chamber. The feed inlet comprises a decanter centrifuge with an axis of rotation; a first axial end; a second axial end; and a solid phase outlet at the first axial end.