Presentation on
Tray Dryer
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Introduction
Principle
Construction & working process
Advantages, Disadvantages, Uses
Owner is a pharmaceutical
company of BangladeshThe company uses this for
around 20 years
The company didn’t update
the machine much
They use it for
drying sugar
They bought the dryer
from a local supplier
The machine is customized
• Forced convection
• Heat transfer by heater or
steam
• Control panel helps in
controlling temperature
• Uniform heat distribution
Principle
• Static bed
Dryer bed
Heat
Process
Dryer bed
Air
flow
Materials • Wet or solid
• Hot air is circulated
• Moist air is removed partially
• Parallel air flow
Advantages of using a tray dryer
Handling of materials
can be done without
loss
Batch wise
operation
Suitable for
small sized
batch
Same equipment is
readily use for wide
variety of materials Valuable
products can be
handled
efficiently
Handling as
separate entity
Disadvantages
of using a
tray dryer
High cost
The process is time
consuming
Non-uniform drying
of a product at
different locations
Requires more labor
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Sticky
materials Plastic
substance
Granular
mass
Crystalline
materials
Pastes
Crude
drugs
Tablet
granules
Chemicals
Equipment
parts
Powder
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Tray dryer is use to dry:
What’s next?
TRAY DRYER
How it looks from
outside
TRAYS
Placed inside the
chamber
CHAMBER
Hot chamber
including Truck on
wheel
MOTOR
Helps in rotating fan
inside the chamber
HEATER
Rises the
temperature of air
inside
CONTROLLING
CHAMBER
Control air pressure
and temperature
TRUCK ON WHEEL
Contains trays
inside the chamber
FAN
Circulate hot air
inside the chamber
Reference:
1. Pharmaceutical Engineering principles and practices by C.V.S
Subrahmanyam
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Tray Dryer on Pharmaceutical Industry