Design of Direct Heated Rotary Dryers Jordan Konidis ‘ A Major Technical Report —. in A ‘the Department of Mechanical Engineering 5 Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering at Concordia University Montréal, Québec * March 1984 @ Jordan Konidis, 1984ABSTRACT” j a DESIGN OF DIRECT HEATED ROTARY DRYERS : ; . Jordan Konidis : ( Drying is the term applied to thermal processes for renovitg undesired moisture from a product. Dryers utilize air tO carry away the vaporized water and-deliver the ne- cessary heat required for the process: . The model of drying of solid particles (pellets, dust, ete.) presented ih this report assumes that the liquid mois- ture within a solid is carried to its surface through one or more mechanisms, namely, diffusion and capillary motion. ~- It i also assumed that the solid surface is at the wet- bulb temperature of the drying medium and evaporation tak place at the surface only. It is still often assumed at the constant drying rate the surface of the exposed material “behaves” as if it were completely wetted, while at the fal- ling drying rate some of the solid surface is wet and some dry depending on the physical properties of the solid. The volumetric heat-transfer coefficient and pressure drop in a rotary dryer are examined as a function of the contact area between showering particles and air flow.fe ’ 7b f Nome gize of a dryer is determined by the applicatiot of theoritical formu@e and expérimental factors. The heat- transfer rate principle is used as the main requirement coon eee be satisfied in order to establish the overall design of the drying equipment. The validity of this prin- ciple.and the specific dteps involved in the design of a rotary dryer are presented by a numerical example at the end of this report.