subject: fluid bed dryer [print this page] A fluid bed dryer comprising a drying chamber and a heating jacket contiguous with said drying chamber, said drying chamber and said heating jacket each adapted to contain a bed of fluidizable particulate heat transfer material and each having a fluid gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet, said drying chamber having a feed inlet and feed outlet, said feed outlet vertically spaced from said feed inlet, and a conveyor means extending from said feed outlet into the drying chamber for transferring dried solids from the drying chamber to said feed outlet.
The heat exchange system of claim 9 in which the fluid bed dryer has a vertical, cylindrical drying chamber and the heating jacket comprises a cylindrical chamber surrounding said drying chamber.
