公开(公告)号：US11920864B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17255360

申请日：2018-06-28

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Zahé Daw ,  Poul-Erik Aagaard ,  Alexander William Lear

IPC: F26B5/08 ,  C02F11/127 ,  C02F11/13 ,  F26B3/12

CPC classification number: F26B5/08 ,  C02F11/127 ,  C02F11/13 ,  F26B3/12

Abstract: A dryer for drying a liquid feed into a powder comprises a drying chamber defined by a chamber wall including a bottom wall portion; a feed inlet for receiving the liquid feed and dispersing particulate feed into the drying chamber; at least one air inlet for entering drying air into the drying chamber; and at least one drying chamber outlet for dried powder and/or spend drying air from the drying chamber. The feed inlet comprises a decanter centrifuge with an axis of rotation; a first axial end; a second axial end; and a solid phase outlet at the first axial end.