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Heating Ventilating Air Conditioning Guide 1939
Table 3. Drying Time and Conditions for Representative Materials3__ C<on.
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Tanin and other chemicals (spray dried)........ Terra Cotta (air drying in conditioned room).. Tobacco leaves____________________________ Tobacco sterna. Varnish refrigerator boxes.. Varnish steering wheels......
Veneer J4 in. 3-ply._______
250-300 150-200 85-130 180-200
110 110-140 120-130
tJKe in. 5-ply..
120-130
1% in. S-pIy-----
120-130
Vitreous Enamel sheets before firing........ ............... Wallboard pasted plywood___________________ Wallboard fiber insulating, roller type drier......
Wallboard fiber insulating, truck type drier..... Walnuts.____ !...........................................................
Wheat, com, oats, rice, barley________________ Wire cloth Japan.................................................... Wool_____________________ ___________ _______
170 300
300-385 300-385
100 180 200
105
35 25-35 35-40
35-40
35-10
Instantaneous 12--96 Hrs 12 Hrs 12 Hrs 5--7 Hrs
Overnight 6-8 Hrs 2 Hrs acclima tion
16-18 Hrs + 4 Hrs acclima tion
20-24 Hrs + 4
Hrs acclima tion
15-20 Min
2H-3 Hrs 24r-48 Hrs 24 Hrs
20 Min
See references at end of chapter.
the common constituents of fuel are shown in Table 4. The heating values
of oils are shown in Fig. 7. The sensible heat in Btu contained in the products of combustion of an average fuel oil and various gases is given
in Fig. 8.. The problem of securing complete combustion in a heater is important, in order to secure efficiency and the absence of soot formation, but unlike the ordinary power or heating boiler, excess air need not be maintained at a minimum in most cases. Excess air is generally admitted either in the heater or before the products go into the drier.
DESIGN
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In all drying problems, data regarding temperatures, time, and hu midity must be obtained by experiment or previous experience. Experi-' ments are best performed at the temperatures, humidities, and velocities to be actually used in the full sized drier, and with full size samples.
The following nomenclature and explanation of terms will be used in the discussion of drying calculations:
H = humidity of air, pounds of water vapor per pound of dry air. G = pounds of dry air supplied to the drier per unit' of time. .V = pounds of stock dried per unit of time in a continuous drier. 5' = pounds of stock charged per batch to a discontinuous drier. 0 = time. Q = total heat supplied to the drier.
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I = air temperature. t< = stock temperature. t" = average stock temperature over short time interval, in a batch drier.
*w = wet-bulb temperature, ji = specific heat of the stock. S = total radiation and conduction losses per unit time, ui = pounds of water per pound of dry stock. r = heat of evaporation of water. s = humid heat of air, heat necessary to raise 1 lb of dry air + II lb of steam
1 F.
Subscript (1) designates conditions at the point where the material in question (air or stock) enters and (2) where it leaves the drier.
Air driers may be divided into two classes, those in which all moisture evaporated from the stock leaves the drier as vapor in the effluent air, and those in which part or all of the moisture is condensed from the air in the drying equipment itself. In any continuously operating drier of the first
type the relation between moisture content of the stock and quantity of air required for the drying operation is given by the equation:
G (H, - Hi) = S(u>, - to,)
(2)
Table 4. Gas Combustion Constants3
Gas
Carbon Hydrogen
4 ^
53 si
Ofc..
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s
oS Sfc-
Cu Ft
peb Lb
c 12.000
Heat op Combustion '
Btu per Lb Grom Net
14,140 14,140
Lbs peb Lb op Combustible
Required for Combustion Oi Hi Air
Flue Products
COi HaO
N,
2.667 8.873 11.540 3.667 -- 8.873
Hi 2.015 187.723 61.100 51,643 7.939 26.414 34353
8.939 26.414
Oxygen
Oi 32.000 11.819
Nitrogen-
Hi 28.016 13.443
Carbon Monoxide CO
28.000 13.506 4,369 4,369 0.571
1.900 2.471 1.571 __________ 1.900
Carbon Dioxide
'Methane
Ethane
Propane
COi 44.000 8.54S cha 16.031 23.565 23,912 21,533 3.992 13.282 17.274 2.745 C,H, 30.046 12.455 22.215 20.312 3.728 12.404 16.132 2.929 C,Ha 44.062 8.365 21.564 19334 3.631 12.081 15.712 2.996
2.248 13382 . 1.799 12.404 1.635 12.081
Sulphur Dioxide
SOt 64.060 5.770
Water Vapor HtQ 18.015 21.017
Air 28.900 13.063
All gas volumes corrected to 60 F and 30 in. mercury barometric pressure dry.
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