Effect of Nozzle Diameter on Temperature Behavior in Spray Dryer Via Computational Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

Spray dryer comes at the end of the processing line since it is a critical step in monitoring the quality of the final product. It has certain advantages such as rapid drying rates, a wide range of operating temperatures and short residence times. This research focuses on the effect of inlet air temperature in the spray dryer chamber. The result from previous studies has shown that the increment of the inlet air temperature has caused the dying rate to increase. From the simulation, we have identified the performance in the spray dryer with different inlet air temperature as the parameter. The higher the inlet air temperature, the less the number of incomplete particles inside the spray dryer chamber, the more the success of the drying particles. The most optimized condition of inlet air temperature inside the spray dryer chamber from different parameters was identified as 225 K after the analysis on the results of simulation data. The main impact of this study is to increase the efficiency of drying particles inside the spray dryer chamber via computational fluid dynamics. In conclusion, researchers should concentrate more on the feed inlet air temperature of spray drying for future analysis because it plays an important role that can influence the impact on droplet conversion.