Patent ID: 7290353

Claim:
A drying system for the processing of pulp into singulated and dried fibers comprising: a jet drier with a jet conduit, said jet conduit configured to freely circulate said pulp in a loop without additional mechanical intervention, a pulp intake for delivery of pulp into the jet conduit, a manifold for air intake into the jet conduit, said manifold including nozzles for inducing flow in said jet conduit and causing feed air to impinge on pulp circulating in said jet conduit, and a fiber outlet for removal of singulated and dried fibers, outlet air and fines from the jet conduit; a pulp supply station coupled to the pulp intake for supplying a feed pulp to the pulp intake, the pulp supply station including a treatment supply source for delivering a crosslinker to the pulp; an air supply station coupled to the manifold for delivering air to the manifold; an outlet flow conduit coupled to the fiber outlet for the removal of the fibers, outlet air, and fines from the jet conduit; and a fiber separation station coupled to the outlet flow conduit for separating the fibers from the outlet air.