A novel rotary dryer for drying fertilizer: Comparison of performance with conventional configurations

Powder Technology

Volumn 270, Issue Part A, 2015, Pages 135-140

  Silverio B C ^a   Arruda, E B ^b   Duarte, C R ^c   Barrozo, M A S ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fertilizer industry; Hybrid roto aerated dryer; Rotary dryer

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FERTILIZERS;

COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE; COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; FERTILIZER INDUSTRY; GAS PARTICLES; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; NOVEL DEVICES; RESEARCH GROUPS; ROTARY DRYERS;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT FLOW; COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; DRYING; FLOW; FLOW RATE; GENERAL DEVICE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; ROTO AERATED DRYER; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; TUBE;

EID: 84922780066     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.10.030     Document Type: Article

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