IP Library Granted Patent US 10,662,583
Granted Patent B2
US 10,662,583 · App. 15/329,984 · Granted May 26, 2020

Industrial plant, paper mill, control device, apparatus and method for drying drying-stock

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Patent No.
US 10,662,583
App. No.
15/329,984
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for drying drying-stock includes separating solvent-containing drying stock within a drying unit into a base material and a solvent with the aid of a first heat transfer medium that flows through a first circuit, where after the solvent has been taken up by the first heat transfer medium, the solvent is extracted from the heat transfer medium via heat energy (condensation), where the heat energy is transferred by a heat exchanger with the aid of an evaporation unit to a second circuit and made available to a second heat transfer medium, and where the heat energy is fed in a condensation unit of the heat pump back to the first circuit with the aid of a heat pump.

Claims (17)

1. An apparatus for drying drying-stock during production of a fiber mat, the apparatus comprising:

a drying unit in a first circuit, a first heat transfer medium being provided for drying the drying stock;

a second circuit for a second heat transfer medium comprising a liquid made of a halogenated hydrocarbon comprising one of R1233zd(E) and R1336mzz(Z), the second circuit being in heat transfer communication with the first circuit and comprising a heat pump for feeding heat energy from the liquid made from the halogenated hydrocarbon comprising one of R1233zd(E) and R1336mzz(Z) into the first circuit; and

a compressor included within the heat pump and controlled by a control device having sensors located in the first circuit.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second circuit draws heat energy from the first circuit.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

at least one further heat pump for feeding heat energy into at least one of (i) the first circuit and (ii) into the second circuit.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one further heat pump for feeding heat energy into at least one of (i) the first circuit and (ii) into the second circuit.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first circuit and the second circuit are only connected by heat exchangers.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

an evaporation unit for feeding the heat energy from the first circuit into the second circuit.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first circuit comprises a blower.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a condensation unit for feeding the heat energy into the first circuit.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer medium for the first circuit comprises one of (i) water vapor and (ii) a mixture of water vapor and air.

10. A paper mill comprising the apparatus as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2021
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 056501/0020 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2017
From: REISSNER, FLORIAN; SCHWARZ, HERMANN; SCHAEFER, JOCHEN
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 041524/0592 →