K-S Paddle Dryer/Processor Questionnaire

Process Objective

What are you interested in?:

Drying Heating Cooling Sterilizing Cooking Calcining

Reacting Melting Desolventizing Other:

How is the feed currently processed:

Project summary and objectives (what is most important?):

Process diagram (sketch) is attached?Yes No

Is material available for testing?: Yes No

Has any testing been done?: None Pilot scale Lab scale Production scale

Results are attached for review? Yes No

Feed Composition and Properties

Other data (if applicable):

Description (wet cake, slurry, free flowing angle of repose, screen analysis):

How does the moisture appear? Free liquid Chemically bound Surface moisture Internal moisture

Other:

Will any harmful vapors or odors be generated when drying? At what temperature?:

Is an inert gas blanket required? Yes No

Process Conditions

Feed: lbs wet/hr lbs dry solids/hr

Operating hours per year:

Bulk density: lbs/ft³

Feed temperature range: ° F

What type of equipment feeds the dryer/processor:

Other comments and data:

Product Characteristics

What are the desired characteristics of the final product?:

Bulk density: lbs/ft³

Desired Product Temperature: ° F

Discharge temperature limit (if any): ° F

Moisture Content: %

The product is: abrasive corrrosive hygroscopic

Other specifications (particle size, dust fraction, screen analysis, etc):

What type of equipment receives the product:

What will be done with the product?

What is the equipment cleaning method:

Utilities

 What will be used for the heating or cooling medium?:

Steam: available pressure psig
Hot water: available temperature °F
Hot oil: available temperature °F
Cooling water: available at °F
Other

 Electric Power: V Hz Phase

Details and Site Conditions

Materials of construction for process contact parts:

carbon steel stainless steel type
other:

Plant elevation: feet above sea level

Average ambient: Temperature °F % Humdity

Motor service factor required:

Electrical enclosure rating required:

Other specifications:

Please provide us with any additional background information: