CPC D21F 5/14 (2013.01) [D21F 5/20 (2013.01); F26B 5/047 (2013.01); F26B 21/08 (2013.01); F26B 21/10 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
1. A papermaking machine comprising:
one or more centrifugal blowers that pull vacuum through a wet paper web at at least one web pre-drying location within the papermaking machine where water is removed from the web and discharge air is generated; and
a control loop that diverts at least a portion of the discharge air to a hot air drying system disposed at a final web drying location within the papermaking machine to aid in drying the web.
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