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Published on: July 13, 2012
Study of drying systems for the utilization of biodegradable municipal solid wastes as animal feed
A Pinacho1, P A García-Encina, P Sancho
1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain.
Abstract:
The effectiveness of different drying systems used for the dehydration of certain fractions of biodegradable municipal solid wastes with a high moisture content (fruit and vegetable remains) was analyzed. Some tests using small amounts of the material were carried out in natural and forced convection ovens. For larger quantities of wastes, a discontinuous cabinet dryer and a continuous rotary dryer were used. With these dryers, the moisture content was reduced from 800 to 100 g kg(-1). It was verified that the continuous rotary dryer was the most efficient type of equipment studied, since it allowed a dried waste to be obtained with better nutritional and microbiological qualities and in accordance to the specifications of the products for animal feeding.
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