ABSTRACT
In general, the conveyor dryer is best suited for drying
particulate material in the 1-to 50-mm diameter
range. Drying in the conveyor dryer involves forcing
air through the bed of product; therefore impesmiable
sheeted materials or slurries are not well suited to
be
on the conveyor without excessive sticking or clump-
ing. Stacking the product results in a much smaller
dryer for a given retention time. Typical moisture
ranges are as high as 95% for some fruits entering
the dryer, down to less than 1% moisture on a wet
weight basis for some synthetic rubbers at the dryer
discharge. Although very light products are difficult
to handle, they can be dried in a conveyor dryer if the
dryer is properly designed to handle such products.
