An apparatus for vacuum-drying an electrode in a roll-to-roll state according to the present technology includes a low-vacuum evacuation device configured to evacuate a vacuum chamber to a low vacuum level, a medium-high-vacuum evacuation device connected to the vacuum chamber by a medium-high-vacuum pipe separate from a low-vacuum pipe and configured to evacuate the vacuum chamber to a medium vacuum level or a high vacuum level; and a control unit connected to the low-vacuum evacuation device and the medium-high-vacuum evacuation device and configured to regulate a vacuum level in the vacuum chamber stepwise to dry the electrode.

An apparatus for treating a slurry substance comprising: a support structure; a dryer system including drums rotatably mounted to the structure, the drums arranged on the structure to form a throat therebetween; a drive system to rotate the drums; a heating system for heating an outer cylindrical surface of the drums; and a collecting system under the throat configured to collect the substance. The apparatus further comprises at least one feed conveyor wherein the at least one feed conveyor includes a feed plate directing a substance to the throat; and wherein the heating system includes at least one heating element in the hollow cavity configured to heat a heating fluid received within the drums. The system is further characterized by an embodiment wherein the at least one heating element is an electrically powered resistive element and wherein each of the drums has a plurality of the electrically powered resistive elements, the plurality of the electrically powered resistive elements being circumferentially distributed.

An apparatus and a method is provided for continuously drying bulk goods, in particular wood fibers and/or wood chips, in a dryer, wherein the drying vapors are led to a dryer circuit, in which the drying vapors are indirectly heated via a heat-exchanger and are conducted to the dryer again.

An apparatus for drying materials is disclosed. The apparatus has a chamber which is heated to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the water in the material into steam. The dryer is configured to utilize the steam produced from the material to condition the material. The dryer has two exhaust stacks positioned at opposing ends of the dryer. The removal of exhaust steam at the two opposing ends of the dryer facilitates the migration of moisture within the chamber along a length of the dryer between the two ends. The exhaust stacks can be controlled and adjusted based on feedback from a plurality of pressure differential transmitters installed within the chamber. Methods for drying materials are also disclosed.

An apparatus and method for lyophilization, the apparatus includes a block made from a conductive material. The block has multiple wells dimensioned to receive containers wherein the depth of the wells is proportional to the length of the containers. A silicone pad covers the well and can secure the containers in the well. A metal plate can secure the silicone pad by fastening it to the block. The silicone plate and the metal plate can have vents to allow vapors from the containers to escape. The apparatus can be turned up to 90 degrees resulting in the turning of the containers from an upright position to a horizontal position. The container can be a syringe.

A system for reducing moisture content of a wet waste product includes a drying surface; a dispenser that deposits the wet waste product onto the drying surface; an air moving device (AMD) that induces a flow of ambient air over the wet waste product on the drying surface to produce a dried waste product from the wet waste product; a collection area that transports the dried waste product away from the drying surface; and an agitator that moves the dried waste product from the drying surface to the collection area after the dried waste product has been dried to have a predetermined moisture content. A corresponding method for reducing moisture content of the wet waste product comprises using the system to convectively dry the wet waste product to produce the dry waste product. The wet waste product can be from a swine lagoon.

An apparatus and a method is provided for continuously drying bulk goods, in particular wood fibers and/or wood chips, in a dryer, wherein the drying vapors are led to a dryer circuit, in which the drying vapors are indirectly heated via a heat-exchanger and are conducted to the dryer again.

Example aspects of a drying rack, a rotatable drying rack, and a method of drying wet objects are disclosed. The drying rack can comprise a base and a plurality of mounting post assemblies mounted to the base, each of the mounting post assemblies comprising at least one mounting post. The mounting post assemblies can comprise inner post assembly comprising an inner post and an outer post assembly comprising a primary outer post and a secondary outer post, wherein each of the inner post, primary outer post, and secondary outer post are configured to support an object above the base.

Proposed is an equipment for reducing specific air pollutants generated from heated asphalt concrete with proportional control, which includes: a dryer for heating and drying aggregates and for burning harmful gases introduced through nozzles mounted thereon; a first dust remover for removing dust from the harmful gases emitted from the dryer; a fine dust remover for filtering fine dust from the remaining gases and dust; a bypass damper for returning some of the gases and dust emitted from the first dust remover to a second dust remover; the second dust remover for filtering the dust in the gases and dust emitted from the first dust remover; and a blower for feeding the gases exhausted from the second dust remover to the dryer, wherein clean gas exhausted from the fine dust remover is emitted to the air through an exhaust fan and a stack.

A method for drying materials is disclosed. The method comprises introducing a material into a dryer chamber, creating steam from vaporizing moisture in the material by maintaining the chamber at a temperature, conditioning the material using the steam created from vaporing moisture in the material by conveying the material along a length of the chamber from an inlet end to an outlet end, exhausting steam near the inlet end of the chamber, exhausting steam near a dry-end exit end of the chamber, controlling a migration of moisture between the inlet and outlet ends by adjusting an exhaust flow rate near the inlet end of the chamber and/or an exhaust flow rate near the dry-end exit end of the chamber, and withdrawing the material from the chamber.