08 — Chemical Engineering & Chemistry
Forced Draft Tray Dryer
Insulated drying chamber with heaters, circulating fan and weighed sample trays for batch drying of solids in a controlled air stream. Used to plot drying rate curves and to identify constant rate and falling rate periods and critical moisture content.
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