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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1984
Filed:
May. 04, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Valentin R Loureiro, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Witco Chemical Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
159 / ; 159 / ; 159 / ; 159 / ; 159 46 ; 159 481 ; 55 89 ; 5525 / ;
Abstract
Energy-efficient processes for spray drying aqueous liquids in a spray dryer supplied with furnace-heated drying gas which processes comprise withdrawing the spent drying gas from the spray dryer, spraying the spent drying gas with water adiabatically to cool the gas and increase the water content thereof, and recycling a portion of the humidified gas to the furnace, the recycled portion being from about 40 percent to about 70 percent of the total humidified gas, together with apparatus for carrying out the processes.