Solidaire
Engineered for fast, efficient drying of slurries, pastes, and powders, the Solidaire dryer outperforms traditional technologies with its innovative thin-layer design - delivering exeptional results in energy savings, material quality, and throughput.
Benefits
Fast, Efficient Drying
Thin-layer operation delivers high heat transfer along the jacketed vessel walls.
Lower Residence Time
Shorter residence times compared to traditional paddle dryers, resulting in lower heat history and reduced holdup volume.
Lower Operating Costs
The efficiency of the Solidaire results in lower operating utilities, smaller gas systems, and improved performance against competitive technologies.
High Versatility
Whether dry or wet solids, liquid, slurry, cake or paste, the Solidaire can process a wide variety of materials in multiple applications including drying, devolatilizing, reacting, cooling and crystallizing.
Utility
The efficiency of the Solidaire results in lower operating utilities, smaller gas systems, and improved performance against competitive technologies.
How does it work?
The Solidaire is a continuous thin-layer paddle heat exchanger that can employ heating or cooling. It can process a variety...
The Solidaire can process a range of materials, including solids, wet cakes, slurries, pastes, and gels.
The unit can be heated or cooled, for drying, reacting, crystallizing, solvent recovery, heating, and cooling.
Consists of a mechanical agitator rotating in a cylindrical housing. The housing has a heat transfer jacket which maybe constructed for a variety of heating and cooling mediums, including electric elements. The rotor consists of a series of adjustable paddles to convey material.
A variety of heat transfer mediums can be used. In heating, the most common media includes steam, thermal oil, or electric elements. In cooling, chilled water or glycol are common.
Solids enter and are forced into a thin layer along the housing wall. Flows in annular? Ribbon?
Like pattern down the length o the vessel. Heated gas can be introduced to inert and carry vapour. Tyipcally counter, but can be co-current.
Maybe not “discharge” but another relevant topic here. Maybe scale? Specs? Common Materials? Etc.
What is it?
The Solidaire is a continuous thin-layer paddle heat exchanger that can employ heating or cooling. It can process a variety...
What can it do?
The Solidaire can process a range of materials, including solids, wet cakes, slurries, pastes, and gels.
The unit can be heated or cooled, for drying, reacting, crystallizing, solvent recovery, heating, and cooling.
Design
Consists of a mechanical agitator rotating in a cylindrical housing. The housing has a heat transfer jacket which maybe constructed for a variety of heating and cooling mediums, including electric elements. The rotor consists of a series of adjustable paddles to convey material.
Heat Transfer
A variety of heat transfer mediums can be used. In heating, the most common media includes steam, thermal oil, or electric elements. In cooling, chilled water or glycol are common.
Material Flow
Solids enter and are forced into a thin layer along the housing wall. Flows in annular? Ribbon?
Like pattern down the length o the vessel. Heated gas can be introduced to inert and carry vapour. Tyipcally counter, but can be co-current.
Discharge
Maybe not “discharge” but another relevant topic here. Maybe scale? Specs? Common Materials? Etc.
Operation
Simple Flow Diagram
With Dewatering
With Gas Recirculation
3D Layouts
Applications & Results
Corn Protein Byproduct from Ethanol Fermentation
Corn Fermented protein feed at 80% moisture was dried in a rotary steam tube dryer
Upstream seperation equipment was installed to concentrate to 50% protein at 70% moisture.
The PCX then dried the solids to 10% moisture.
Spent Brewers Yeast Cake
Corn Fermented protein feed at 80% moisture was dried in a rotary steam tube dryer
Upstream seperation equipment was installed to concentrate to 50% protein at 70% moisture.
The PCX then dried the solids to 10% moisture.
Soy Fiber
Corn Fermented protein feed at 80% moisture was dried in a rotary steam tube dryer
Upstream seperation equipment was installed to concentrate to 50% protein at 70% moisture.
The PCX then dried the solids to 10% moisture.
Lithium Carbonate Filter Cake
Corn Fermented protein feed at 80% moisture was dried in a rotary steam tube dryer
Upstream seperation equipment was installed to concentrate to 50% protein at 70% moisture.
The PCX then dried the solids to 10% moisture.
Black Mass Filter Cake
Corn Fermented protein feed at 80% moisture was dried in a rotary steam tube dryer
Upstream seperation equipment was installed to concentrate to 50% protein at 70% moisture.
The PCX then dried the solids to 10% moisture.
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