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1. Choosing a drying process
Drying is a thermal separation operation that consists in removing all or part of the liquid impregnating a "wet" body by vaporizing the solvent. The final product is a solid, qualified as "dry" even if it contains residual moisture.
1.1 Methodology
For a given application, the drying process must enable the desired quantity of liquid to be vaporized in an acceptable time, and the wet material to be processed or transported to produce a dry product of acceptable quality in equipment of appropriate size and cost, in complete safety and with minimum impact on the environment. The choice of a drying process is the result of an iterative process, based on :
defining needs and...
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