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Indirect heating
to treat sludge waste streams
WETSLUDGESILO WETSLUDGEPUMP
COOLER
DRYSLUDGESILO
Flexible for the dome of the dryer. The small amount Process solutions
different sludges of non-condensables in the exhaust vapor The ANDRITZ Gouda paddle dryer comes
The ANDRITZ Gouda paddle dryer offers can be post-treated to keep emissions to in a variety of sizes, ranging from 1.5 m of
once-through drying technology that avoids an absolute minimum. The entire unit is heat transfer area to a mega processor with
back-mixing. The long sludge retention time installed on a slight incline, and the sludge an interior of 300 m and a water evapora-
combined with the average sludge tempera- flows by gravity alone to the opposite end of tion capacity of 6 t/h for sludge. More than
ture of 100 C make it possible to provide the installation for discharge. 220 ANDRITZ Gouda paddle dryers are in
pasteurization and sanitary treatment of operation around the world, 30 of which
the sludge. Due to the type of process, any The dried sludge with a dry solids con- are used for municipal sludge drying. Apart
type of sludge is accepted by this machine, tent of 90-95% is conveyed by means of from the paddle dryer, ANDRITZ Gouda also
making it extremely suitable for centralized cooled conveyers into a dry sludge storage provides complete process solutions from
drying plants that handle different sludges silo at a safe temperature of well below the dump station for digested sludge to the
from different regions. As back-mixing is not 40 C. The dried product can be used for loading station for the dried sludge, includ-
required, any residual moisture content can several applications, for example as a com- ing sludge conveyors, wet sludge tanks,
be chosen for the final product. This makes posting component for agriculture or an vapor handling system, sludge distributor,
the machine highly suitable for partial drying alternative fuel for combustion processes. sludge cooler, pelletizer, and truck silo.
to 35-40% dry solids, which is required prior
to incineration of the sludge.
Benefits
Vapor treatment
High evaporation rates
All the evaporated water is fed to a wet
scrubber without any sweep gas being Class A end product
added. This means that the volume is limited
Flexible for different sludges
to the amount of water vapor collecting in
ANDRITZ Gouda
ANDRITZ Gouda has been implementing
complete process solutions for the envi-
ronmental, chemical, and food industries
for over 100 years. As a machine manufac-
turer as well as process solutions expert,
ANDRITZ Gouda is able to handle all of the
stages involved in designing and building
plants, including engineering, service, in-
stallation, and commissioning.
NETHERLANDS AUSTRIA
ANDRITZ Gouda ANDRITZ AG
Phone: +31 (182) 623 723 Phone: +43 (316) 6902 2318
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