Drying is a common process in a number of industries. Products such as furs, wools, textiles, clay, timber, grains, fruits, and vegetables, at some stage, require drying. Review of the literature reveals that commercial dryers are highly inefficient due to various factors. One such factor is that commercial dryers are generally not equipped with heat recovery facilities. Heat pumps can provide a very efficient means of recovering both sensible and latent heat, hence energy loss can be substantially reduced. Furthermore, a heat pump always delivers more heat than the work input to the compressor. These two salient features render heat pump drying a premium alternative for efficient use and conservation of energy in drying industries.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/245631 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Theerakulpisut, Somnuk |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
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