Dried finished product sampled from various parts of a __________ dryer exhibits nonuniformity in the moisture content.

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• A solid is being dried in the linear drying rate regime from moisture content Xo to XF. The drying rate is zero at X = 0 and the critical moisture content is the same as the initial moisture Xo. The drying time for M = (Ls /ARc) is (where, L = total mass of dry solid, A = total surface area for drying Rc = Constant maximum drying rate per unit area X = moisture content (in mass of water/mass of dry solids))
• It takes 6 hours to dry a wet solid from 50% moisture content to the critical moisture content of 15%. How much longer it will take to dry the solid to 10% moisture content, under the same drying conditions? (The equilibrium moisture content of the solid is 5%).
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• For continuous drying of granular or crystalline material, the dryer used is the __________ dryer.
• Dryer widely used in a textile industry is __________ dryer.
• Large quantity of silica gel is normally dried in a __________ dryer.
• A slurry is to be dried to produce flaky solid. Which dryer would you recommend?
• Milk is dried usually in a __________ dryer.
• Calcium ammonium nitrate (a fertiliser) is dried in a __________ dryer.