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Calculations On An Adiabatic Continuous Dryer

This document provides calculations for an adiabatic continuous dryer. It lists input data such as temperatures, mass flow rates, and moisture contents. It then shows the calculations and results for properties of the air and moisture content changes throughout the drying process.

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Calculations On An Adiabatic Continuous Dryer

This document provides calculations for an adiabatic continuous dryer. It lists input data such as temperatures, mass flow rates, and moisture contents. It then shows the calculations and results for properties of the air and moisture content changes throughout the drying process.

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Caleb Somai
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Calculations on an adiabatic continuous dryer

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, then click the Calculation tab and tick on the Iteration
2. In the spreadsheet "Calculations"
a. Insert input values in the yellow cells
b. Turn the "SWITCH" ON (set the value in the cell G2 (red cell) equal to 1 and press ENTER)
c. Iterate (by pressing F9) until the values in the green cells are constant. Read the results in the gree
d. To recalculate for different parameter values turn the "SWITCH" OFF (set the value in the cell G2 e

e Iteration box. On Maximum iterations box write 1000.

press ENTER)
the results in the green cells
value in the cell G2 equal to 0 and press ENTER). Repeat steps 2a to 2c

Calculations in a continuous dryer


Assumptions: 1. Adiabatic operation
2. The air follows the wet bulb line in the dryer
3. Total pressure = 1 atm

Input data
Air before heater
Temperature
Relative humidity

T=
RH=

20 oC
60.0%

TGi=

200 oC

Air in the dryer


Temperature at inlet
Relative humidity at outlet
Product
Mass flow rate at inlet

RHo=

10.0%

Moisture condent at inlet (wet basis)

F=
Yi=

5000 kg/h
50.0%

Moisture condent at outlet (wet basis)

Yo=

4.0%

Results
Air mass flow rate
Ratio of air to product mass flow rate
Volumetric air flow rate at inlet
Air temperature at outlet
Heat reguirements
Specific Heat Consumption

mG=
mG/mF=
q=
TGo=

54453 kg d.a/h
21.8
45787 m3/h
93.3 oC

Q= 10011471 kJ/h
SHC=
4178.7 kJ/kg water evapor.

Control panel

SWITCH=

Properties of air
Dry bulb temperature
Wet bulb temperature

Room
T=
Tw=
Tdp=

Air at

Air at

air
20.0

inlet
200.0

outlet
93.3

15.0

47.3

47.3

11.8
0.009

11.8
0.009

41.0
0.053

0.011
60.0%

0.074
0.1%

0.074
10.0%

Dew-point temperature
Humidity at T
Saturation humidity at Tw

W=
W w=

Relative humidity

RH=

Partial pressure of water vapor in the air

p=
pw T=

1403

1403

7919

2338

1563054

79521

pw Tw=

1706

10774

10774
7790

Water vapor pressure at T


Water vapor pressure at Tw

Enthalpy of air

1384

1384

0.0086

0.0087

42.3

226.1

234.9

Latent heat of vaporazation of water at Tw

H=
w=

2467

2390

2390

Humid heat

cs=

1.021

1.021

1.104

Humid volume

vH=

0.841

1.357

1.125

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Calculations
Moisture condent of product at inlet (dry basis)

Xi=

1.000 kg water/kg d.s.

Moisture condent of product at outlet (dry basis)

Xo=

0.042 kg water/kg d.s.

Mass flow rate of dry solids

mF=

2500 kg d.s./h

Temperature of air at outlet

TGo=

93.3 oC

Air mass flow rate

mG=

54453 kg d.a/h

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