Matching of the water states of products and zeolite during contact adsorption drying

The mixing of dehydrated zeolites with product particles leads to drying of the product, owing to the decrease in relative humidity of the environment and increase the temperature of the mixture, due to the release of adsorption heat. The analysis of the conventional one-stage contact drying process showed a significant mismatching in the water states of the product and the zeolite during drying. A two-stage drying process is proposed for harmonization of the water state of both product and sorbent. The significant advantage of the two-stage drying over one-stage regarding the degree of drying of the product, the utilization of the zeolite adsorption capacity and the duration of the process were experimentally confirmed.