A system for drying wet food articles (such as produce) is disclosed herein. The system can comprise a turntable capable of rotating multiple barrel stations. The system can comprise various loading, drying, dumping, and cleaning positions, and the barrel stations can be rotated to each of these positions. The present disclosure also describes various methods for drying wet food articles utilizing such systems.

A temperature control apparatus for controlling the temperature, in particular for the drying, of objects, in particular vehicle bodies, having a housing, in which a cooling zone having a cooling chamber that defines a longitudinal direction is accommodated. The cooling chamber is assigned at least one cooling-air temperature control device, by means of which temperature-controlled cooling air can be produced, which can be fed to the cooling chamber. In the longitudinal direction, the cooling zone comprises a supply chamber on one longitudinal side of the cooling chamber, in which supply chamber the cooling-air temperature control device is arranged.

In a removable bin for a dryer, the bin includes a floor and one or more walls extending from the floor. The one or more walls include a lower wall portion, a middle wall portion, and an upper wall portion. The lower wall portion is attached to the floor. The middle wall portion extends from the lower wall portion and includes a plurality of columns. Each of the columns includes a plurality of elongated slot openings extending through the one or more walls. The slot openings in adjacent ones of the columns are arranged in a staggered arrangement. The upper wall portion extends from the middle wall portion and includes a plurality of handholds.

High temperature dryer door seals and related methods are disclosed herein. Such a dryer door seal can include an outer substrate forming an interior cavity. The outer substrate is deformable upon compression and can have a shape to provide a tight seal between a dryer door and a bulkhead of the dryer. The dryer door seal can also include an inner substrate residing the interior cavity of the outer substrate that permits the outer substrate to deform upon compression between a dryer door and a bulkhead of the dryer. The dryer door seal can further include a heat resistant coating disposed on at least one surface of the inner substrate that expands at temperatures above an activation temperature. The outer substrate can include a polymer that has a melting point below the activation temperature at which the heat resistant coating is activated.

High temperature dryer door seals and related methods are disclosed herein. Such a dryer door seal can include an outer substrate forming an interior cavity. The outer substrate is deformable upon compression and can have a shape to provide a tight seal between a dryer door and a bulkhead of the dryer. The dryer door seal can also include an inner substrate residing the interior cavity of the outer substrate that permits the outer substrate to deform upon compression between a dryer door and a bulkhead of the dryer. The dryer door seal can further include a heat resistant coating disposed on at least one surface of the inner substrate that expands at temperatures above an activation temperature. The outer substrate can include a polymer that has a melting point below the activation temperature at which the heat resistant coating is activated.

A system for drying wet food articles (such as produce) is disclosed herein. The system can comprise a turntable capable of rotating multiple barrel stations. The system can comprise various loading, drying, dumping, and cleaning positions, and the barrel stations can be rotated to each of these positions. The present disclosure also describes various methods for drying wet food articles utilizing such systems.

A system for drying wet food articles (such as produce) is disclosed herein. The system can comprise a turntable capable of rotating multiple barrel stations. The system can comprise various loading, drying, dumping, and cleaning positions, and the barrel stations can be rotated to each of these positions. The present disclosure also describes various methods for drying wet food articles utilizing such systems.

The invention relates to a pulsed combustor assembly (A) for dehydration and/or granulation of a wet feedstock, in particular a viscous feedstock such as a feedstock containing natural fibers, sugars and/or vegetable starches, comprising a combustion chamber (16), at least one fuel supply line (23), at least one air supply line (26), and at least one pulsed air generator, wherein the pulsed air generator is connected to the air supply line (26) for generating at least a first pulsed air stream with a pulse frequency f1 entering the combustion chamber (16).

The invention relates to a pulsed combustor assembly (A) for dehydration and/or granulation of a wet feedstock, in particular a viscous feedstock such as a feedstock containing natural fibers, sugars and/or vegetable starches, comprising a combustion chamber (16), at least one fuel supply line (23), at least one air supply line (26), and at least one pulsed air generator, wherein the pulsed air generator is connected to the air supply line (26) for generating at least a first pulsed air stream with a pulse frequency f1 entering the combustion chamber (16).

A food dehydrator comprises a housing and a door slidably and pivotably affixed to the housing. The housing defines a food cavity and has an opening defined in the housing to enable access to the food cavity. The housing comprises opposing top and bottom walls, a back wall opposite the opening, and opposing side walls. The door is selectively movable between a closed position closing off the opening thereby blocking access to the food cavity and an open position enabling access to the food cavity. The door, when in the open position, may rest on the top wall.