APV Dryer Handbook - Umbc
APV Dryer Handbook - Umbc
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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