Rotary Dryer

Inlet temperature of dry air = 400 K

Inlet humidity of dry air = 0.01 kg/kg
Inlet wet bulb temperature = 312 K
No of transfer units = 1.5 (assumed)
Max allowable solid outlet temp, T 0 = 325 K
Mass flow of solids = 0.35 kg/s
Initial water content of solid = 15 % (dry basis)
Final water content of solid = 0.5 % (dry basis)
Inlet temperature of solids = 300 K
Maximum allowable mass velocity of
air = 0.95 kg/m2s
Latent heat of vaporization of water at
312 K = 2410 kJ/kg
Specific capacity of water vapour = 1.88 kJ/kg K
Specific capacity of solid = 2.18 kJ/kgK
Heat capacity of water = 4.187 kJ/kgK
Humid heat of entrying air = 1.03 kJ/kgK
T0 = 331.6355 K
T0 = 325 K

mass of water vapour evaporated from

solids = 0.05075 kg/s
Heat to the solids = 54.5 kJ/kg
Heat to raise the moisture to the dew
point = 7.5366 kJ/kg
Heat of vaporization = 349.45 kJ/kg
Heat to raise remaining moisture to
solid outlet temp = 0.272155 kJ/kg
Heat to raise evaporated moisture to
water outlet temperature = 5.352625 kJ/kg

Total = 417.1114 kJ/kg

= 145.989 kW
From heat balance
G1 = 2.052724
Diameter of dryer, D = 1.616666
Humidity of outlet air = 0.034723 kg/kg
C/s area of dryer is = 2.160762 m2
With a constant drying temp of 312 K
ΔTm = 45.57636 K
Length of dryer, L = 10.44372 m
Length / diameter, L/D ratio = 6.460037