SPRAY DRYER

Identification
Item Dryer
Item Number SDR-101
Equipment Name Spray Dryer
Number of Unit 1
Function Evaporate water from Sorbitol and reduce
size particle
Mode of Operation Continuous
Material Composition (%)
Sorbitol 93
Water 7
Operating Condition
Feed Flow 2,920.1 kg/h
ResidenceTime 14 s
Relative Humidity 1 %
Temperature 110
o
C
Air Inlet Temperature 25
o
C
Spesification Design
Type Cone 60
Volume 13.35 m
3

Tank Diameter 1.6 m
Height of Tank 6.4 m
Air Rate 3,380 kg/hour

Equipment Sizing
Determining the size of spray dryer will use the humidification principle since the evaporated
water produced from the high temperature of air as the dryer. The mass of water which want
to be evaporated using this process is 231.08 kg/h until the remaining water is equal to zero.
Enthalpy for evaporating the water could be equal that is carried by water. Using the
assumption that 10% heat loss to the surrounding from the heat load as well as the shape of
spray dryer is 60
o
Cone. Air rate and vessel dimension could be found. Using psychrometric
chart and operating condition that has been stated before, we can get the parameter for
calculating the dimension of spray dryer.

Parameter Before Heating After Heating
Dry Bulb Temperature 77
o
F 230
o
F
Relative Humidity 80% 1%
h 30.5 Btu/lb 60.35 Btu/lb
H 0.01 lb/lb 0.008 lb/lb
V 14 cuft/lb 17.6 cuft/lb

At 92
o
F and this entalphy, other properties are read off the psychrometric chart as


Air rate is :

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Residence Time

Volume

Make the straight side four times the diameter (H = 4D) and the cone 60
o

(

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Then