Ceramic tile manufacturing is a highly energy-intensive process. Concerns about carbon emissions and energy costs make management crucial for this sector, which holds leading role in Italian industry. The paper discusses the energetic environmental performance of cogeneration (CHP) ceramic industry, where prime mover exhaust heat supplied to spray-dryer system, contributing satisfaction thermal...

The ceramic tile manufacturing process uses a lot of energy, mainly thermal and to lesser extent electric energy. Total energy costs account for between 50% 55% average direct costs. Fossil fuel combustion, such as natural gas produces carbon dioxide emission. Therefore, consumption emissions issues are vitally important both environmental effects in manufacturing. wet granule production system...

The production of catalysts such as zeolites is a complex multiscale and multi-step process. Various material properties, particle size or moisture content, well operating parameters—e.g., temperature amount composition input flows—significantly affect the outcome each process step, hence determine properties final product. Therefore, design optimization processes task, which can be greatly fac...

In this paper, life cycle cost analysis of a self sustained hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) greenhouse dryer has been carried out. The hybrid PV/T integrated greenhouse (roof type even span) dryer, designed and constructed at Solar Energy Park, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (28 0 35 N, 77 0 12 E, 216 m above MSL), India, has been used to dry Thompson seedless grapes under forced ...

A domestic solar dryer with transparent external surfaces was designed, built and tested. Thin-layer drying models that describe the drying phenomena in a unified way, regardless of the controlling mechanism; have been used to estimate the drying period for several products. Temperature of the drying medium is one of the factors that affect the drying rate constant of the exponential model. Thi...

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate microencapsulation palm oil fractions (palm olein (POL) and 90% olein+10% stearin (POS)) using skim milk powder (SMP) maltodextrin (MD) by spray drying. Twenty-seven emulsions with POL were prepared determine appropriate solid content (SC) oil/coating material ratio (O/CM) the be fed into dryer. Emulsion properties, such as viscosity stability, ...

BACKGROUND During general anesthesia, a heated breathing circuit (HBC) is used to replace the heat and moisture exchange function of the upper airway. One HBC uses an air dryer filter that employs silica gel (SG) as a desiccant. SG is capable of adsorbing many organic compounds. Therefore, we undertook an in vitro study of the adsorption of desflurane by SG filters. METHODS An HBC was connect...

Within a 53 home monitored sample, long-term energy use of electric resistance clothes dryers was sub-metered. Average measured dryer energy use was 3% of total household energy or 814 kWh/year. Hourly dryer electrical demand profile showed large coincidence with utility summer afternoon peak and significant increases over weekends versus weekdays. After collection of baseline data, electric re...

here we report a novel approach for preparation of a 6-day transdermal drug delivery system (tdds) as treatment for mild to moderate alzheimer’s disease. the spray drying method was used to prepare microparticles containing the anti-alzheimer drug. the content of the drug was determined by high performance liquid chromatography (hplc) method. the morphology and size range of the microparticles ...

The purpose of the paper is to present a concept of energy efficiency and financial evaluation of counterflow dryer. Energy efficiency and many other efficiency indexes of the dryer and all additional devices like heater, heat exchangers, tubing and fans are calculated. Expert system provides also the financial evaluation of the investment. Many investments could be considered. The system provi...