Patent ID: 6223454
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: A24B,F26B

Abstract:
A method for drying moist organic material using hot air, the method comprising:providing the moist organic material in a material stream comprising a plurality of material zones located within a cylindrical drum;passing the hot air through the material stream at one of the plurality of material zones, whereby the hot air absorbs an amount of moisture from the moist organic material, wherein the moist organic material cools the hot air into warm air;reheating the warm air after it exits the material stream at one material zone to form reheated air with increased capability of absorbing moisture; andpassing the reheated air through another of the plurality of zones, wherein the moist organic material in said another zone having a greater water content;wherein the moist organic material travels in a first rotational direction while the hot air generally travels in a second, opposite, direction.