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APV Dryer Handbook - Umbc

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D R Y E R T E R M S<br />

FEED DEFINITIONS<br />

Solution: Solids fully dissolved<br />

Slurry: Suspended or dispersed<br />

Thixotropic: Thins with shear<br />

Dilatent: Thickens with shear<br />

Cohesive Paste: Just plain sticky<br />

Friable Cake: Dry to touch, breaks up<br />

Granules: Very coarse powder<br />

DRIED PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS<br />

Fine: Typically pigment powders, fillers, talcum powder<br />

Free Flowing: Usually over 50 microns, press filling applications<br />

Dustless: Dyes, bulk handling, Kaolin – still free flowing<br />

Granular: Coarser and less free flowing<br />

Wettable: For easy mixing into water – agro chemicals, dyes<br />

Agglomertated: Easiest mixing and dissolving – infant formula, creamer<br />

Coated: Time release, lecithinated, flavored<br />

Lump: Rabbit food, cattle feed, Kaolin<br />

POWDER PROPERTIES<br />

Hygroscopic: Flavors, salts, sugars, HVP<br />

Hydrophobic: Fats, polymers, coated inorganics<br />

Thermoplastic: Lignin, PVA resins, sugars, fats<br />

Heat Sensitive: Protein, pigments, iron oxide, crystals<br />

Inert: Mineral, oxides, Kaolin, waste<br />

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