A filter system for a dryer appliance includes a front housing, a rear housing, the rear housing including two guards that define an opening, a pivotable perforated grille connected to the rear housing and pivotable between a closed position and an open position, at least a portion of the perforated grille covering the opening when it is in the closed position, and a filter removably mounted between the front housing and the rear housing, the filter being removable when the perforated grille is in the open position.

A freeze dryer is provided, which comprises a freeze-drying chamber having an inlet for allowing material to be dried to be introduced into the freeze-drying chamber and configured for being evacuated at least partially, and a vacuum source in fluid communication with the drying chamber and configured for evacuating the freeze-drying chamber at least partially. A vacuum fluid path is defined between the freeze-drying chamber and the vacuum source. The freeze dryer further comprises a collecting filter configured for collecting dried material from the freeze-drying chamber, which collecting filter is arranged outside the freeze-drying chamber and within the vacuum fluid path between the freeze-drying chamber and the vacuum source.

A back-blowing unblocking device for the dustproof screen of the dryer, a dustproof equipment, and a dryer are provided. The back-blowing unblocking device for the dustproof screen of the dryer utilizes a closed compartment space of the dryer. The back-blowing unblocking device for the dustproof screen of the dryer includes a high-pressure air main pipe, a high-pressure air horizontal pipe, high-pressure air branch pipes, a shunt connecting pipe, and back-blowing fan-shaped nozzles. A length of each high-pressure air branch pipe is equal to a length of an A-shaped dustproof screen. Both ends of the each high-pressure air branch pipe are closed and an upper center opening is welded to the shunt connecting pipe. Both sides of the each high-pressure air branch pipe are densely arranged with the back-blowing fan-shaped nozzles.

A baghouse apparatus for removing particulates from a 100% recycled asphalt pavement dryer exhaust air stream includes a drop out zone section having a water spray operable to initially drench an incoming air exhaust stream with water droplets while increasing air stream velocity, then slow the air stream velocity to cause drop out of particulates >1000 m from the slowed waste air stream, and collect the particulates dropped out of the waste air exhaust stream. The apparatus also includes a cyclonic scrubber section for further cooling the waste air exhaust stream while subjected the stream to a further water spray to condense aerosol vapor into droplets, a prefilter filtration section operable to collect and remove condensed aerosol droplets from the waste air stream; and a coalescing filtration section operable to remove 99% of remaining particulates from the waste air stream before discharge of the air stream to atmosphere.

A drying apparatus for granular materials in which granular materials in a drying tank are heated and dried; the drying apparatus includes a moving mechanism to move the granular materials in the drying tank; and a control section to control the moving mechanism so as to move the granular materials in the drying tank upon determining that temperature of the granular materials around a heating portion in the drying tank exceeds a glass transition temperature.

A system and method for drying and utilizing spent grain includes an agitation device having an elongated semi-cylindrical mixing chamber with a motor-driven shaft and a plurality of agitators. A lid is hingedly positioned along the top end of the chamber and is connected to the dehumidification system by a pair of air ducts. An air filtration device is interposed between the air output of the agitation device and the air input of the dehumidification system. A method of drying spent grain includes the steps of pouring spent grain into the interior space of the chamber, securing the lid in the closed position, agitating the grain inside the chamber via the agitators, removing damp air from the interior space of the chamber, and introducing dry warm air to the interior space of the chamber until a moisture content of the spent grain achieves a user specified level.

A filter system for a dryer appliance includes a front housing, a rear housing, the rear housing including two guards that define an opening, a pivotable perforated grille connected to the rear housing and pivotable between a closed position and an open position, at least a portion of the perforated grille covering the opening when it is in the closed position, and a filter removably mounted between the front housing and the rear housing, the filter being removable when the perforated grille is in the open position.

A multi-functional slurry processing system (VARCOR) and associated methods is disclosed. The present examples provide a multi-functional slurry processing system incorporating systems and methods for separating liquid and solid components in slurries. In particular the systems and methods described herein produce clean water, dried solids, and potential concentration of desirable constituents with a boiling point lower than water. At least one example of the multi-functional slurry processing system provides a self-contained processing facility configured to efficiently convert high water-content slurries into its constituent solid and liquid fractions and subsequently generating and collecting clean water and concentrating desirable constituents with a boiling point lower than water. The multi-functional slurry processing system advantageously applies thermodynamic principles in a system which may include various combinations of a preheater, a degassing unit, a dryer, a steam filter, a compressor, a concentrating tower, and a condensation unit.

A reflective particulate material comprises a particulate substrate, and a coating on the particulate substrate. The coated reflective particulate material may have a relative error of an amount of the coating on the particulate substrate of about 5% to about 15%, and/or a dust index of about 5 or lower, and/or a staining loss of about 8% to about 11%. A method of manufacturing the reflective particulate material comprises mixing the particulate substrate with a liquid coating composition to form a wet particulate mixture, passing the wet particulate mixture through at least one heat zone to remove water and/or moisture, and curing the coating material in the coating composition.

This application discloses a cathode material drying device and a cathode material drying production line. The cathode material drying device includes: a rotary kiln, where a kiln head and a kiln tail of the rotary kiln each are provided with a sealing structure and the rotary kiln can rotate relative to the sealing structure; and an exhaust system comprising an air inlet pipe, an air outlet pipe, and a first fan, where the air inlet pipe communicates with the kiln tail of the rotary kiln through the sealing structure; the air outlet pipe communicates with the kiln head of the rotary kiln through the sealing structure; and the first fan is arranged on the air inlet pipe and/or the air outlet pipe, so as to make an air flow direction in the rotary kiln opposite to a delivery direction of a cathode material.