Abstract
AbstractIt is shown that the presence of a “slotted draft tube” results in reduced air requirements for spouting and improved drying performance. Experimental data are presented on batch as well as continuous spouted bed drying of wheat, paddy, maize and peas. The variables studied are feed moisture content (Qo), inlet air temperature (To), bed mass hold‐up (Mp), inlet superficial air velocity (uo) and bed diameter (Dc) in batch drying, and the above variables and solids feed rate (Fs) in continuous drying. The data on average overall drying rate, ϕm, in kg moisture evaporated per unit time per kg bed solids, is found to be correlatable as ϕm, = k (50Qo + 0.118To − 12.5) 10−5, and the single parameter k is presented for wheat, paddy, maize and peas for both batch and continuous modes of spouted bed drying. The correlation obtained should be useful in dryer design for the grains studied as well as for other similar materials.
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