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Hybrid drive
(which typically consists of that is 10-15 years old,
between two and eight running 6000 hours per
stages, depending on evap- year, will use US$450,000
oration load). To be able to US$750,000 worth of
to measure and control air gas.
volume accurately at every With a modern
drying stage, it is critical counterflow dryer that
that the dryer is com- number can be reduced
technology for drying aquafeeds pletely sealed from the by US$150,000 –
ambient environment. This US$400,000 per year.
G
is impossible to achieve in “Add to that the fact
eelen Counterflow’s use the counterflow principle, which is When the driver brakes, the mechani- nearly every other type of that gravity flow enables
president, Sander Geelen, proven to be the most efficient method to cal energy is transformed into electrical aquafeed dryer. very high mechanical reli-
suggests that in order to exchange energy between any two flows of energy and stored in the batteries, “Calculating the mass ability and a much lower
properly understand a gasses, liquids or solids,” he explains. which are used to drive an electric and energy balance of the cleaning frequency and
modern counterflow dryer, one could “By applying this principle in our dryers motor. dryer in real-time, allows the payback calculation
draw a parallel with hybrid drive cars we can minimise the amount of drying “In counterflow dryer-coolers we us to show the operator is straight forward,” con-
which are now very popular because air we need and maximise the amount of can recover the product heat, which is how many kJ or BTU is cludes Mr Geelen.
of their superior fuel efficiency. energy that can be transferred. This results injected by hammernills, conditioners and being used for every kg or Counterflow dryers
in a lower air exhaust volume and a lower extruders. lb of water evaporation. already have over 50
“First of all those hybrid drive cars usually exhaust air temperature.” “That energy is recovered from the Like every other process percent market share
use fuel efficient engines (Atkinson cycle or cooler in the form of warm air. of improvement and opti- in countries such as
direct injection) to ensure the highest pos- Energy recovery “All of that warm air can be re-used misation, everything starts Japan, France, Spain, Italy,
sible efficiency when running on gas or diesel. Then, hybrid drive cars are well known as make-up air for the dryer. However, it with measuring accurately Belgium, Netherlands and
“By comparison our dryers exclusively for energy recovery. is important to properly design coater, and continuously,” he says. Argentina.
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