Fluid Bed Dryer PDF
Fluid Bed Dryer PDF
Fluid Bed Dryer PDF
The Fluid Bed Dryer manufactured by us is ideal for the rapid, even drying of
chemical, pharmaceutical and food product. FBDs are the state of the art drying units
comparable to any internationally made FBDs, with all the features available. Our
FBDs are built with a working pressure of 3.0 Bar at 800c.
The inhouse innovation team has been able to enhance the drying capabilities of our
FBDs by 18 20% thus resulting in lesser drying time, giving a better shelf life to the
product. The air handling unit has been designed keeping in mind, tool less construction
for ease in cleaning / replacing the filter assembly. The finger bag assembly is with
quick release clamps for easy removal and fixing of the finger bag. The machine has
been designed ergonomically resulting in ease of operation.
OPERATION
Fluid Bed Dryer is designed to introduce the hot air stream at the /base of the product
container which is filled with the material. Induced draught is created by means of
blower and fresh air is sucked into the unit. This hot air stream expands the material
at certain velocity and creating turbulence in the product. The phenomenon is known as
fluidisation and offer conditions which are almost for drying. Fluidisation produces full
agitation of solid particles by hot air, heat transfer is extremely high and uniform. The
product is dried fast without appreciable loss of heat. Filter bags prevent particle
escaping from the dryer.
APPLICATION :
1) PROCESS UNIT
The process unit is single pieces welded design, made of stainless steel of SS.
All process contact parts are made of SS 316.
The finish employed externally will be all welds ground back and polished into the
surrounding materials.
All of the external surfaces of the Dryer and all non contact/sight parts will
prepared with a uniform fine texture matt finish.
The entire product contact surface is mirror finished.
Particular attention has been paid to reduce any source of material Entrapment by
mirror polishing flush all welds to create crevice free profiles both internally and
externally.
The expansion chamber containing the filter finger bags & dished end are made of
single piece construction from SS 316 quality steel. Below that is the retarding
chamber made out of S.S. 316 Retarding chamber is locked with the explosion
chamber by means of clamps. The length of the retarding chamber is such designed ,
thereby providing extra large heat exchange are which exposed each and every
particle or the charged batch in the Fluidized air resulting in instant drying.
Specially designed base is provided for air vortex effect and to give added strength.
A central drain is provided in the base to release wash water.
2) BOWL/ PRO DUCT CONTAINER
Product bowl is a conical shaped manufactured form SS316 grade stainless steel
having stainless steel mesh support along with fine finish air mesh.
The product container Trolley is of Tubular construction made form SS304 pipe
mounted on polypropylene castor wheel (2nos fixed & 2nos. Swivel for
maneuverability) which imparts rigidity to carry the product container with the
charged load.
The batch loading capacity is always higher in case of Fluid Bed dryer, because of
better fluidisation by varying the frequent shaking of the finger bags. Shaking
period vary depending on the nature of products.
3) RUBBER GASKET
A solid ‘D’ shaped food type silicon rubber gasket is provided in the groove of the flanged
joint (between the product container and the retarding chamber) to prevent any leakage
of air with fines during operation.
4) UNIFORM LIFTING OF CONTAINER
Product container is lifted by specially designed arrangement with the help of one
centrically fitted pneumatic cylinder which ensures uniform lifting throughout the
periphery of the container which ultimately gives uniform upward pressure to the solid
‘D’ shaped Rubber Gasket, thereby preventing any leakage during operation.
5) AUTO SHAKING DEVICE
Pneumatic cylinder is used for auto shaking device of the finger bags is mounted on the
body and is fitted with a wire rope made out of S.S. 304 guided by pulleys thus
rendering the shaking extremely efficient. It also brings down the finger bags to such a
level that these can be inspected very easily form the bottom of the retarding chamber.
If the shaking is not efficient, the particles will be retained in the finger bags and there
will be no proper fluidisation resulting in formation of lumps in the products container.
6)AIR HANDLING UNIT
Blower and filter with heating arrangement are housed in the rear chamber. They can
also be housed the services zone to avoid sound pollution as well as to avoid interference
of the maintenance people in the production zone.
BLOWER
Centrifugal type blower fan with dynamically balanced impeller and backward
curved blades.
All Stainless steel construction.
Direct coupled none—flameproof electric drive. Anti –vibration mounting and
independent subsupport frame.
Air filter
Free standing unit constructed from aluminium anodised frame work (SS304)
with doubled skinned panels. All wall panels are cross based for added strength.
Quick release panels provided for inspection and maintenance access.
The air intake section has a full face external flange for attachment of angle
intact, or and extended inlet air duct.
Inlet system consists of 20 Micron washable filters, Followed by 5 micron
prefilter, then pass through, heating coil section containing a full air duct steam
operated heater battery, constructed with stainless steel tubes and headers and
a steel casing (SS304). The moving process air passes through the steam heater
to achieve the desired temperature. to match the inlet to the processing unit.
PT 100 temperature sensing probe will be fitted into the air Transition duct and
will be connected up to the control panel.
7) EXPLOSION VENT
As per international practices the equipment is provided with a rapture disc as
measures of explosion Vent, Tested at 2 Bar pressure, mounted on the side of the dryer.
8) EARTHING DEVICE
A std designed earthing device spring type is provided with the dryer however
intrinsically safe earthing device with low voltage relay is also available.
9) ELECTRO PNEUMATIC CONTROL PANEL
A free standing steel control panel having the following controls.
Inlet air temperature controller.
Exhaust air temperature indicator
Product bowl lifting & lowering valve.
Process air Damper regulation
Blower motor, start & stop.
Compressed air pressure Gauges.
Filter bag shaking timer
Solenoid valves etc.
In Fluid Bed Dryer, temperature distribution throughout the product is uniform and the
heat transfer rate is very high. Due to the reduced drying time high production rates
are achieved.
As the product is in close contact with the drying air at low temperature, and also for
short duration, the physical and chemical properties of the products are generally not
effected and therefore the dryer can effectively be used for heat sensitive products. Due
to the continuous movements of product during drying, lump formation, case hardening
etc. are minimised.
The Fluid Bed Dryer are most suitable for drying, granular, crystalline, coarse or
similar material in pharmaceutical, fine chemical, fine chemicals, dyes, food, allied
products. The Fluid Bed Dryer is not suitable for drying liquids or pasty materials.
Salient Features
Tri level filtration using 20 micron for Pre Air filtration 5 micron for Secondary
Air filtration.
0.3 micron for Final Air filtration through HEPA.
Air Dehumidification on special demand.
Inlet / Outlet dampers have proportional control valve.
Proportional control temp controller.
Inlet / Exhaust Location: Several alternatives to suit customer requirements.
Wash in place.
Control By PLC monitor with printer as optional.
Specially designed explosion flaps.
2 Pneumatic Cylinders 1 for the Bag Up and Down movement and the other for
Impact Bag Shaking.
Specially designed Broken Bag Detector.
Double skinned SS 304 AHU with a built in Face and By Pass damper for ± 1°
Temperature control.
Specially designed anti static anti sparking blower.
High static high efficiency blower installed.
Ergonomically mounted observation windows provided for viewing drying
operation.
Technical Specification :
F.B.D
60 Kg 120 Kg 200 Kg 250 Kg 300 Kg 500 Kg
Model
Cap. of SS
225 Ltrs 425 Ltrs 715 Ltrs 750 Ltrs 900 Ltrs 1700 Ltrs
Container
A.H.U.
4000 CFM 6000 CFM 9000 CFM 9000 CFM 9000 CFM 16000 CFM
(CFM)
(HEPA) 0.3 Micron
Steam
Consumptio 80 Kgs/Hr. 100 Kgs/Hr. 130 Kgs/Hr. 130 Kgs/Hr. 130 Kgs/Hr. 150 Kgs/Hr.
n
Pressure 3Kg /cm2
Temperatur
60 C to 100 60 C to 100 60 C to 100 60 C to 100 60 C to 100 60 C to 100
e (Max)