Spray Drying

General Description

In spray drying, a slurry or liquid solution is dispersed into a stream of hot gas in the form of a mist or fine droplets. Moisture is rapidly vaporized from the droplets, leaving residual particles of dry solid, which are then separated from the gas stream. In a typical spray dryer, the chamber is a cylinder with a short conical bottom.

Unit Procedure Availability

      Spray Drying Procedure

Spray Drying: Modeling Calculations

See Fluid Bed Drying: Modeling Calculations.

References

1.   McCabe W. L., J. C. Smith, and P. Harriott. (1993). Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 5th ed., pp. 801-803.

Spray Drying: Interface

The interface of this operation has the following tabs:

      Oper. Cond’s, see Rotary Drying: Oper. Conds Tab

      Heating, see Rotary Drying: Main Drying Tab

      Cooling, see Rotary Drying: Main Drying Tab

      Reactions, see Stoichiometric Reaction/Fermentation Operation: Reactions Tab

      Labor, etc, see Operations Dialog: Labor etc. Tab

      Description, see Operations Dialog: Description Tab

      Batch Sheet, see Operations Dialog: Batch Sheet Tab

      Scheduling, see Operations Dialog: Scheduling Tab