US 12,102,955 B2
Apparatus and method for solvent recovery from drying process
Nathan D. Schubring, Oconto, WI (US); Andreas Keil, Munich (DE); Jeffrey Donald Quass, Green Bay, WI (US); Paul Seidl, De Pere, WI (US); and Steven J. Zagar, Luxemburg, WI (US)
Assigned to Durr Systems, Inc., Southfield, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/611,356
Filed by Durr Systems, Inc., Southfield, MI (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/041154
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/007295, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Application 17/611,356 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/508,482, filed on Jul. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,130,091, issued on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0152520 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 39/20 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 5/0027 (2013.01) [B01D 5/0006 (2013.01); B01D 5/0051 (2013.01); B01D 5/0057 (2013.01); B01D 5/0081 (2013.01); B01D 39/2055 (2013.01); B01D 53/0438 (2013.01); B01D 53/0446 (2013.01); B01D 53/265 (2013.01); B01D 2257/704 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for conditioning a circulation air laden with at least one condensable fluid, comprising:
a. introducing the circulation air at a first volume flow and intake temperature level above 0° C. to a main condenser with at least one main condensation chamber;
b. gradually cooling the circulation air to a main temperature level of 0° C. or less inside the main condensation chamber;
c. splitting the volume flow of the circulation air into a high volume re-circulating flow and low volume off-gas side stream after reaching a second temperature level; and
d. providing the high-volume re-circulating flow to a circulation air intake of a dryer,
the method further comprising providing a condenser to cool the circulation air according to step b), which comprises at least one cooling coil containing a cooling medium, and whereby the cooling medium enters the cooling coil at a far end side of a circulation air entry with entry temperature of 0° C. or less and is heated while traveling through the cooing coil in a counter-flow direction to the circulation air, the cooling coil having coil tube and finned surface and
wherein the rate of cooling is maintained at less than 0.30 C degrees per millisecond, while the gas flow travels the distance between the condensing coil tubes and finned surfaces.