DST desiccant-type dehumidifiers are normally used where dry air is essential to the various manufacturing processes used in chemical, pharmaceutical, food or
confectionery industries, or where a dry environment is required for the storing and handling of moisture-sensitive products and raw materials.
3.3 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
which is removed from the process air is transferred over to the other sector as the rotor slowly turns.
1. Wet air outlet
2. Regeneration sector
3. Regeneration heater
4. Dry air outlet
5. Purge sector
6. Rotor motor
7. Process sector
8. Rotor
9. Process air fan
10. Process air inlet
11. Desorption process
12. Adsorption process
13. Water molecule
14. Silica gel
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regeneration air, is used to heat the rotor material to drive the adsorbed moisture vapour from the desiccant. The moisture