Spray dryer properties

Spray Dryer: Buchi B-290

Legend Spray dryer specific Atomizing airflow

Input field Wall properties Height (mm) Flow (Ln/hr)
Result dglass 4.00 mm 0.00 0.00
Calculation Length 47.00 cm 5.00 84.00
Circumferen 52.50 cm 10.00 138.00
Liquid feed Inlet gas conditions λglass 0.96 W/m.K 15.00 192.00
Solvent 1 Solvent 2 Temperature 0.00 °C A 0.25 m2 20.00 246.00
Water None RH solvent 1 100.00 % D inner 15.91 cm 25.00 301.00
Cp 4.20 0.00 kJ/kg.K RH solvent 2 0.00 % 30.00 357.00
Hevap 2270.00 0.00 kJ/kg Mw 0.028 g/mol Configuration 35.00 414.00
Bp 100.00 0.00 °C Cp 1.042 kJ/kg.K Column typeAqueous 40.00 473.00
Density, ρl 1000.00 0.00 kg/m3 Configuratio Closed loop with B-295 45.00 536.00
Cpg 1.89 0.00 kJ/kg.K Outside Air Cyclone typ High performance 50.00 601.00
Mw 0.02 0.00 kg/mol dair 1.97 mm 55.00 670.00
Antoine A 8.07 0.00 Aspirator flow (Ln/min) as function of setting (%) 60.00 742.00
Antoine B 1730.63 0.00 General slope intercept 65.00 819.00
Antoine C 233.43 0.00 R 8.314 J/mol/K 3.62 15.35
6th order polynomial fit:
-5.83E-008 1.27E-005 -1.07E-003 4.51E-002 -9.54E-001 2.00E+001

Spray dryer settings

Input parameters Result Flow at outlet Heat conduction Maximum
Heat of evaporation Relative humidity solvent 1 Relative humidity solvent 2 Adiabatic saturation temperature
Temperature evaporate Temperature pw.sat, Pw, Partial pw.sat, Pw, Partial
Rhout Rhout Tatom + drop gas by d for 100% Heat liquid Qh.evap, total drop gas by kg Xw, kg Saturation vapor kg kg Xw, kg Saturation vapor
QV.l pump 1 QV.l pump 2 Aspirator Atomizing Evaporated 1 Evaporated 2 solvent 1 solvent 2 Density Vapor flow Aspirator flow Atomizing flow Tdrying conduction RH to Tas Evaporate Heat vapor evaporation evaporation kg water/kg water/kg water/kg gas pressure pressure water/kg water/kg water/kg pressure pressure mass frac Saturation Partial vapor
Tin (°C) (mL/min) (mL/min) (%) airflow (mm) Tair (°C) (mL/min) (mL/min) Tout (°C) (%): (%): Tas (°C) (kg/m3) (Ln/min) (kg/s) (kg/s) (°C) ΔTw ,LMTD λair (W/m.K) Qh.con (kJ/s) (°C) (mL/min) (kJ/s) Liquid (kJ/s) (kJ/s) heat (kJ/s) (°C) gas evap: gas inlet: total: (Pa): (Pa): gas evap: gas inlet: gas total: (Pa): (Pa): liquid pressure (Pa): pressure (Pa):
70 4.90 0.00 100 50 23.70 4.90 0.00 35.6 38.9 0.0 25.5 1.11 6.90 0.0077 0.0002 68.8 24.90 0.03 0.08 9.8 15.30 0.00 0.19 0.00 0.19 23.3 0.011 0.004 0.014 5797 2257 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 133 0 0 3249 3249
Spray dryer properties
Spray Dryer: Buchi B-90

Legend Spray dryer specific

Input field Wall properties
Result dglass 8.00 mm
Calculation Length 90.50 cm
Circumferen 57.30 cm
Liquid feed Inlet gas conditions λglass 0.96W/m.K
Solvent 1 Solvent 2 Temperature 22.00 °C A 0.52 m2
Water None RH solvent 1 65.00 % D inner 17.44 cm
Cp 4.20 0.00 kJ/kg.K RH solvent 2 0.00 %
Hevap 2270.00 0.00 kJ/kg Mw 0.028 g/mol Configuration
Bp 100.00 0.00 °C Cp 1.042 kJ/kg.K Configuratio Open
Density, ρl 1000.00 0.00 kg/m3
Cpg 1.89 0.00 kJ/kg.K Outside Air
Mw 0.02 0.00 kg/mol dair 4.99 mm
Antoine A 8.07 0.00
Antoine B 1730.63 0.00 General
Antoine C 233.43 0.00 R 8.314 J/mol/K

Spray dryer settings

Input parameters Result Flow at outlet Heat conduction Maximum
Heat of evaporation Relative humidity solvent 1 Relative humidity solvent 2 Adiabatic saturation temperature
Temperature evaporate Temperature pw.sat, Pw, Partial pw.sat, Pw, Partial
Rhout Rhout Tatom + drop gas by d for 100% Heat liquid Qh.evap, total drop gas by kg Xw, kg Saturation vapor kg kg Xw, kg Saturation vapor
QV.l pump 1 QV.l pump 2 Aspirator Atomizing Evaporated 1 Evaporated 2 solvent 1 solvent 2 Density Vapor flow Aspirator flow Atomizing flow Tdrying conduction RH to Tas Evaporate Heat vapor evaporation evaporation kg water/kg water/kg water/kg gas pressure pressure water/kg water/kg water/kg pressure pressure mass frac Saturation Partial vapor
Tin (°C) (mL/min) (mL/min) (L/min) airflow (mm) Tair (°C) (mL/min) (mL/min) Tout (°C) (%): (%): Tas (°C) (kg/m3) (Ln/min) (kg/s) (kg/s) (°C) ΔTw ,LMTD λair (W/m.K) Qh.con (kJ/s) (°C) (mL/min) (kJ/s) Liquid (kJ/s) (kJ/s) heat (kJ/s) (°C) gas evap: gas inlet: total: (Pa): (Pa): gas evap: gas inlet: gas total: (Pa): (Pa): liquid pressure (Pa): pressure (Pa):
50 0.00 0.00 85 0 21.70 0.00 0.00 27.8 45.9 0.0 25.4 1.13 0.00 0.0016 0.0000 50.0 14.48 0.03 0.04 22.2 1.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.011 0.011 3728 1713 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 133 0 0 3228 3228
Fluid properties

Solvent name None Water Ethanol

Cp kJ/kg.K 0.00 4.20 2.44
Hevap kJ/kg 0.00 2270.00 841.00
Bp °C 0.00 100.00 78.37
Density kg/m3 0.00 1000.00 789.40
Cpg kJ/kg.K 0.00 1.89 1.74
Mw kg/mol 0.00 0.018 0.05
Antoine A* For mmHg 0.00 8.07131 8.2133
Antoine B* 0.00 1730.63 1652.05
Antoine C* For K 0.00 233.426 231.48
Antoine T range 1 – 100°C -3 - 96°C
* C.L. Yaws and H.C. Yang. To estimate vapor pressure easily. Hydrocarbon Processing. 68:65-70 (1989).

Air heat conductivity**

T (K) °C λ (W/m*K)
250.00 -23.15 0.0224
300.00 26.85 0.0262
350.00 76.85 0.0298
400.00 126.85 0.0333
450.00 176.85 0.0366
500.00 226.85 0.0397

slope intercept R2
0.0001 0.0243 0.999
** K. Kadoya, N. Matsunaga, and A. Nagashima. Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity of Dry Air in the Gaseous Phase. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data . 14:947-970 (1985).