Effect of Humidity on Drying of Porous Materials in Fluidized Bed under Reduced Pressure

Abstract

For fluidized bed drying under a reduced pressure, the effect of the humidity of the drying gas on the drying characteristics of porous materials immersed in the bed was examined experimentally and theoretically. The temperature at the sample center increased with the humidity at relatively high pressures in the drying chamber (101.3 and 50 kPa), and the degree of the increment in the temperature with the humidity increased with the chamber pressure. The effect of the humidity on the temperature at the sample center and the drying time was insignificant at a relatively low chamber pressure (20 kPa).

Keywords:

• Fluidized bed
• Humidity
• Reduced pressure
• Superheated steam