Dryer

1. A rotary sand drier produces 20 MT of dried sand per hour containing 0.5% moisture
from a wet feed containing 10% moisture. Temperature of wet sand is 30 oC and that
of dried sand is 115oC. Neglecting radiation losses, calculate
a. the raw mat’ls. Introduced in the dryer (22 111.11 kg/hr)
b. the amount of water evaporated ( 2 111.11 kg/hr)

2. Copra enters a dryer containing 60% water and 40% of solids and leaves with 5%
water anf 95% solids. Find the weight of water removed based on each
a. pound of original product (0.5789 lb of water)
b. pound of final product (1.375 lb of water)
c. pound of bone dry material (1.45 lb of water)

3. Wet material containing 215% moisture (dry basis) is to be dried at the rate of 1.5
Kg/sec in a continuous dryer to give a product containing 5% moisture (wet basis).
The drying medium consist of air heated to 373 K and containing water vapor
equivalent to a partial pressure of 1.4 KPa. The air leaves the dryer @ 310 K and
70% saturated. Calculate the amount of air will be required to remove the moisture.
(186 415 kg/hr)

4. 3287 kg of moisture per hour is being removed from a material by a drier and the air
leaving it has a humidity ratio of 0.02343 kg moisture per kg of dry air. The outside
air is initially at 15oC dry bulb and has a relative humidity of 50%. The air is heated
to a temperature of 69.1oC by steam coils and between the heater and the drier air
inlet a drop of 9.1oC occurs in the air temperature. How much steam is required in
kg/s if the steam supplied is at 135 KPa and 0.98 quality? (1.261 kg/sec)

5. A dryer is to deliver 1000 kg/hr of palay with a final moisture content of 10%. The
initial moisture content in the feed is 15% at atmospheric condition with 32 OC and
21 oCwb. The dryer is maintained at 45 oC while the relative humidity of the hot humid
air from the dryer is 80%. If the steam pressure supplied to the heater is 2.0 MPa;
determine
a. The palay supplied to the dryer in kg/hr and the temperature of the heat
humid air from the dryer in oC. (1059 kg/hr)
b. The air supplied to the dryer in m3/hr and the heat supplied to the heater
in KW. (1341 m3/hr , 5.53 KW)
c. the steam supplied to the heater in kg/hr (10.5 kg/hr )

6. A dryer is to deliver 1000 Kg/hr of cassava with 2% moisture and 20% moisture in
the feed. Determine the mass of air required if change in humidity ratio is 0.0165
(3.79 kg/sec)

7. The temperature of the air in a dryer is maintained constant by the use of steam coils
within the dryer. The product enters the dryer at the rate of one metric ton per hour.
The initial moisture content is 3 kg moisture per kg dry solid and will be dried to a
moisture content of 0.10 kg moisture per kg dry solid. Air enters the dryer with a
humidity ratio of 0.016 kgs/kga and leaves with a relative humidity of 100% while the
temperature remains constant @ 60 0C. If the total pressure of the air is 101.3 KPa,
determine
a. Total required amount of air in kg/hr under entrance conditions, (5315 kg/hr)
b. Capacity of the forced draft fan to handle this air in m 3/min, (86 m3/min)

8. A tower-type moisture dryer is to deliver 1000 kg/hr of cassava flour with 2% residual
moisture of 20% in the feed. The air to be heated in heating chamber is a mixture of
fresh air @ 33oC & 60% relative humidity, and hot humid air from dryer @ 49 0C &
60% relative humidity. The air mixture @ 38 0C & 65% relative humidity is heated by
a steam coil to 930C. The dryer is properly insulated so that moisture absorption can
be considered adiabatic. Compute
a. Required flow of heated air mixture to dryer. (3.3 kg/s)
b. Capacity of forced draft fan on dryer. ( 3.6 m3/s)
c. Heat in Kcal/hr for heating the air mixture in heating chamber (163 672 kcal/h)
d. Percentage by weight of fresh air in mixture. ( 68.75%)