Web Tutorials (not ERPT)
"Produce Uniform Particles by Spray Drying",
by David E. Oakley (AEA Technology),
Chemical Engineering Progress, October 1997, pp. 48-54 (a PDF file)
-- www.aeat.co.uk/pes/consult/pdf/dry.pdf
Web Sites of Educational Interest
Nucleation and Crystallization during Drying
by Stephen R. Byrn and Steven L. Nail (Purdue Univ.)
They describe the principles involved
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www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/~nsf/projects/byrn-nucleation.html
Practical Guide to Industrial Drying, ed. S. Devahastin (Exergex, Montreal, 2000) includes
Chapter 1: Fundamental Principles of Drying
by A. S. Mujumdar and S. Devahastin
--
www.geocities.com/drying_guru/chapter1fundamentals.pdf
Chapter 2: Classification and Selection of Industrial Dryers
by A. S. Mujumdar
explains the operating principles of dryers and
gives criteria for selecting dryers for industrial use.
--
www.geocities.com/drying_guru/class.html
Industrial-scale Dryers
Several manufacturers have animated graphics to illustrate the operation
and typical installations of spray, rotary, fluid-bed, and flash dryers;
also coolers, agglomerators, evaporative concentrators, etc.
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Swenson Process Equipment Inc.
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GEA Niro (links to several process configurations)
Spray Drying
The advantages of spray drying over other methods
of drying particles are summarized, with discussions of the factors
that affect the choice of components for the drying system.
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Spray Drying Systems (SDS)
Non-Web Resources
Solids Drying: Principles, Selection, Operation & Troubleshooting
several short courses by HyproTech
-- see ERPT's list of non-Web resources
