TEMA Process Fluid Bed Dryers

Erection and commissioning of a Tema Process sand dryer with heat recovery system. Sand is often dried for several practical reasons across different industries and applications: 1. Construction: • Consistency: Dry sand is easier to measure and mix accurately with cement and other materials. Moist sand can cause inconsistencies in ratios. • Storage: Wet sand can clump together, making it difficult to transport and use effectively. • Strength: Removing moisture from sand prevents unwanted water content in certain applications like concrete or mortar preparation. 2. Industrial Use: • Manufacturing: Dry sand is used in processes like sandblasting, glass production, and metal casting, where moisture could interfere with machinery or final products. • Filtration: In water filtration systems, dry sand is preferred because it prevents bacterial growth and clogging. 3. Sandblasting and Surface Treatment: • Efficiency: Dry sand flows more consistently and efficiently through sandblasting equipment. Wet sand could damage tools or clog the nozzles. 4. Landscaping and Playgrounds: • Safety: Wet sand can harbor mold, bacteria, or fungi, making it unsuitable for play areas or landscaping. 5. Storage and Transport: • Weight: Dry sand is lighter than wet sand, reducing transportation costs. • Preventing Freezing: In cold climates, wet sand can freeze and become unusable. Drying sand ensures it meets specific requirements for quality, usability, and safety across these various applications. #sand#drier#dryer#temaprocess

The gelatin belt dryer with a dehumidifier by TEMA Process is regarded as one of the best systems for gelatin drying due to its advanced technology, precision control, and reliable performance. Here’s why the TEMA Process belt dryer stands out: 1. Advanced Dehumidification Technology • TEMA Process integrates highly efficient dehumidification systems into their belt dryers. By continuously removing moisture from the drying air, the system ensures a low-humidity environment that accelerates drying while maintaining product integrity. • The combination of controlled temperature and dehumidified air prevents overheating or damage to the gelatin structure. 2. Optimized Drying Efficiency • TEMA Process belt dryers are designed for high efficiency and uniform drying. The dehumidifier significantly reduces the moisture load, which improves the overall drying process and reduces drying time. • This optimized airflow and moisture control ensure a faster throughput without compromising product quality. 3. Precision Control for Product Quality • TEMA Process systems allow for precise control over temperature, airflow, and humidity levels, which is critical for sensitive products like gelatin. • Gelatin requires gentle drying conditions, and TEMA Process technology ensures the product remains free from defects like cracking, melting, or brittleness. 4. Energy Efficiency and Sustainability • TEMA Process belt dryers are known for their energy-efficient design. By using advanced dehumidification systems, the dryers recycle and condition the drying air, reducing energy consumption. • This leads to significant cost savings and makes the system more environmentally friendly compared to traditional drying technologies. 5. Scalable and Automated Solutions • TEMA Process belt dryers are highly scalable, making them suitable for both small and large-scale gelatin production. • The systems are fully automated with user-friendly controls, ensuring seamless operation, minimal labor requirements, and consistent results. 6. Robust and Reliable Design • TEMA Process dryers are engineered for durability and reliability, ensuring long-term performance even under demanding production conditions. • Their robust construction minimizes downtime, reduces maintenance costs, and enhances operational efficiency. 7. Hygienic and Contamination-Free Drying • The closed and controlled drying system by TEMA Process minimizes contamination risks. This is particularly important for gelatin production, where cleanliness and product safety are paramount. • The hygienic design complies with industry standards, ensuring a safe and clean end product. #gelatin#drier#dryer#drying#tema#process

TEMA Process collaborates with Outokumpu to built a belt-dryer for Biocokes in Finland, marking a significant step towards reducing CO2 emissions by 42% by 2030. This partnership sets a new benchmark for sustainability and innovation in the industry. #TEMAProcess #Outokumpu #SustainabilityInIndustry #IndustrialInnovation #CO2Reduction #BiocokeTechnology #EnvironmentalStewardship #EngineeringExcellence #SustainablePartnerships #FutureOfManufacturing

Enhancing Waste-to-Energy Efficiency: The Role of Tema Process Digestate Dryers In the realm of renewable energy and sustainable waste management, anaerobic digestion (AD) is a cornerstone technology. By converting organic waste into biogas, this process offers a dual benefit of energy generation and waste volume reduction. However, AD leaves behind a byproduct known as digestate, a nutrient-rich slurry composed of solids and liquids. Proper handling of digestate is critical to maximizing the efficiency of the process and minimizing environmental impact. The Tema Process Digestate Dryer is a cutting-edge solution designed to address this challenge. What Is Digestate and Why Is Drying Important? Digestate is a mixture of water, organic matter, and valuable nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. While it is often used as a biofertilizer, its high moisture content—typically 70-90%—presents several challenges, including: • High transport costs due to its weight. • Limited shelf life because of microbial activity. • Odor issues, making storage and application less practical. Drying digestate reduces its water content, transforming it into a lightweight, stable product that is easier to store, transport, and use as a fertilizer or soil conditioner. Additionally, dried digestate can serve as a raw material for pellets or granules in agriculture and energy production. The Tema Process Digestate Dryer: A Technical Overview Tema Process specializes in fluidized bed drying technology, which is particularly suited for handling moist, granular, or powdery materials. Their digestate dryer employs this technology to provide efficient, continuous drying of digestate. Key Features of the Tema Digestate Dryer 1. Fluidized Bed Technology: • Digestate is suspended in a stream of hot air, ensuring uniform drying and preventing clumping. • Gentle handling minimizes degradation of nutrient content. 2. Energy Efficiency: • Heat generated from the biogas plant can be reused for drying, integrating seamlessly into the existing energy system. • Advanced heat recovery systems further optimize energy use. 3. Customizability: • The dryer can handle a wide range of feed moisture levels and particle sizes. • Modular design allows for scalability based on plant size and output requirements. 4. Automation and Control: • Sensors and control systems monitor moisture levels, airflow, and temperature, ensuring consistent drying quality. 5. Environmental Benefits: • Reduces greenhouse gas emissions from digestate storage and transport. • Converts digestate into a marketable product, promoting circular economy.

Drying: China clay, also known as Kaolinite or Kaolin (chemical formula Al₂(OH)₄Si₂O₅), is one of the most common and versatile minerals in industrial applications. Importance and Uses of Kaolinite The primary use of kaolinite, accounting for about 50% of its applications, is in the production of paper. It plays a vital role in ensuring the gloss and smooth finish of certain grades of coated paper. Other uses include ceramics, paints, rubber, plastics, and pharmaceuticals, demonstrating its widespread industrial significance. A TEMA process fluid bed dryer is particularly suited for drying kaolinite due to its specific properties and the processing needs of this mineral. Its efficiency, uniform drying, and gentle handling make it the best solution for preserving the quality and usability of kaolin in these critical applications. #kaolin#bentonite#temaprocess

Pepper Sterilization : A Tema Process steam sterilizing system is widely used for sterilizing pepper due to its efficiency, reliability, and ability to preserve the quality of the spice. Here are the main reasons it is preferred: 1. Efficient Microbial Reduction • High Temperature and Pressure: The system uses saturated steam at precise temperatures to effectively kill bacteria, fungi, yeasts, molds, and other microorganisms commonly found in spices like pepper. • Compliance with Food Safety Standards: The process ensures the product meets global safety standards, such as those required by HACCP, FDA, and EU regulations. 2. Preservation of Pepper Quality • Minimal Impact on Flavor and Aroma: Unlike chemical treatments, steam sterilization preserves the natural flavor, aroma, and essential oils of pepper, maintaining its sensory properties. • No Residual Chemicals: It uses pure steam, which leaves no chemical residues, making the process clean and safe. 3. Uniform Sterilization • Controlled and Consistent Process: The Tema Process system ensures uniform heat distribution, sterilizing the pepper thoroughly without over-processing it. • Adaptable to Different Forms of Pepper: The system can handle whole peppercorns, cracked pepper, and ground pepper, ensuring even sterilization regardless of the form. 4. Environmental and Operational Advantages • Eco-Friendly Process: Steam sterilization is a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to chemical fumigation or irradiation. • Low Maintenance and High Efficiency: Tema systems are designed for long operational life, high throughput, and ease of maintenance. 5. Prevention of Re-Contamination • Closed System Design: The sterilization is conducted in a closed system, reducing the risk of post-treatment contamination during handling. In summary, a Tema Process steam sterilizing system is ideal for sterilizing pepper because it ensures effective microbial reduction while maintaining the spice’s natural quality, making it a safe, efficient, and sustainable choice for food processing industries.

Textured or texturized vegetable protein (TVP), also known as textured soy protein (TSP), soy meat, or soya chunks, is a defatted soy flour product that results from the process of extracting soybean oil. It can also be produced from cotton seeds, wheat, and oats. TVP is formed into various shapes (such as chunks, flakes, nuggets, grains, and strips) through extrusion, expanding as it exits the nozzle while still hot. This versatile product is widely used as a meat substitute or extender due to its high protein content, comparable to certain meats, and quick cooking time. Fluid bed dryers are the preferred technology for efficiently evaporating moisture from TVP, ensuring that the drying process is uniform and gentle to maintain the product’s essential qualities. This method not only enhances shelf life but also preserves quality and facilitates easier transport. #tvp#temaprocess#dryer

Scrubber ready for transport : Tema Process Condenser Scrubbers are designed to condense, absorb, cool and scrub large volume of exhaust gases. These scrubbers are used in the Tema Process closed loop drying system. The Closed Loop Dryers are designed as a closed system in which heated air used to dry the materials is continuously recycled within the drying compartment of the dryer without being discharged to the atmosphere, thus increasing the efficiency of the system while preventing the discharge of contaminated vapors to the atmosphere. #scrubber#dryer#temaprocess

Recovered Carbon Black Europe Conference 5-6 November 2024
Amsterdam, The Netherlands CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Recovered Carbon Black rCB it is a substitute of the virgin Carbon Black obtained from fossil fuels using end-of-life tires instead of fossil oil as a resource material. The process generates oil, gas, steel and recovered Carbon Black (rCB) as final products. Especially the rCB can be used to replace the virgin Carbon Black in various applications. This ‘black gold’ must undergo several processing steps after pyrolysis, like grinding, pelletizing, drying and packing, before it can be used as recovered Carbon Black (rCB). The energy-saving and environmentally-friendly carbon black Tema Process fluid bed dryer: A continuous Tema Process fluid bed system is a machine in which a continuous flow of “wet” pellets is conveyed over a perforated bed. Hot drying air is blown through the holes of a perforated plate. The wet solids are lifted from the bottom and causes the solids to behave as a fluid. The air velocity is adjusted to keep the moving layer of material fluidized. Conveying of the product is achieved by means of a low-frequency, high amplitude shaker mechanism. The “Shaking” motion plug flow of the Tema fluid bed, allows first-in, first-out drying of products and well-mixed fluidization, which covers the entire spectrum and is able to accurately control the spread of residence time. – Low energy consumption – ATEX Compliance – Accurate control of the residence time, product is dried uniformly – Gentle on sensitive materials (no friction) – Low operating costs – Cooling section integrated in dryer – Small footprint – Process flexibility – Reliable system, less downtime #rCB#carbonblack#dryer#temaproces#tema

Tema Process SLS Shaking Fluidbed Coolers ready for transport: Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) Needle, also known as Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS), is an anionic surfactant widely recognized for its properties as a detergent and foaming agent. It is characterized by its needle or flake-like appearance, ranging from white to light yellow. SLS#SodiumLaurylSulfat#SodiumLaurylSulphate#cooler