Patent ID: 11920864
Assignee: GEA PROCESS ENGINEERING A/S
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  C | IPC C  F

Claim 0:
1. A dryer for drying a liquid feed into a powder, comprising:
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 spent drying air from the drying chamber,
wherein the feed inlet comprises a decanter centrifuge having:
an axis of rotation;
a first axial end;
a second axial end; and
a solid phase outlet at the first axial end;
wherein the axis of rotation of the decanter centrifuge is vertical; and
wherein the first axial end of the decanter centrifuge is positioned below the second axial end of the decanter centrifuge.