Patent ID: 6148541
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A24B,F26B

Abstract:
A fluid-bed drying unit, for drying a product, including a drying chamber for the product to be dried, said chamber comprising: an inlet for loading said product; an outlet for discharging said product; openings for passage of a drying fluid, and fluid injection means for injecting the drying fluid substantially upwardly, at right angles to a longitudinal axis, and wherein said drying chamber is tubular, extends along said longitudinal axis, and has a triangular vertical cross-sectional shape, with inclined walls at a product processing region of said chamber, said longitudinal axis being inclined with respect to a horizontal axis, said drying fluid acting both as a drying and conveyance medium for said product from said inlet to said outlet of the drying chamber, along said longitudinal axis.