By: Jeff Sayre When operating a paper plant, reducing storage costs are vital to its overall production. The two primary factors in determining disposal costs of this waste stream are trucking and tipping fees. Since the waste product is over half moisture, a proper treatment technique can reduce disposal costs by at least half. A …
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By: Jolene Reddick One of the greatest challenges of society is climate change is the focus on how we can use biomass to displace fossil fuel resources. To consider this an option, you would have to look at resources; where are they, how costly they are and how much can be used to displace fossil …
Biomass is all the organic materials made from plants and animals. The word, “bio” means, “life” and the word, “mass” means “all things”. Biomass is a renewable source of energy. Which means, we can use biomass again and again, to generate energy. Biomass is important because it contains stored energy. How is biomass produced? Well, …
By: Jolene Reddick Frac sand mining is the mining of sand which is used in the fracking process to get oil and natural gas out of the ground. The frac sand industry isn’t necessarily a big industry in the large scheme of things, but Minnesota and Wisconsin have some of the best areas for frac …
By: Brandon Drew Frac sand is a key material for hydraulic fracturing of bedrock and other rock layers when drilling for oil, natural gas, and other resources that are embedded in the ground. When drilling through rock, frac sand is blasted into the cracks and crevices in a liquid mixture called proppant. The sand acts …
Pollution control and environmental sustainability are primary focal points for all companies. New rules and regulations cause many process types to find new hurdles for safely disposing process wastes. Wastes can be disposed of through incineration, storage and transporting, or chemical treatments. Though incineration and chemical treatments can often times be worked into the process, …
The expenses to consider when purchasing a Thermal Desorption Unit. The primary cost of purchasing and running an indirect heated thermal desorption unit is based on the material being dried (tons per hour, required temperature, if caustic or not, etc.), the chosen fuel type for the burners (No. 2 fuel oil, natural gas), and operating …
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The most often asked question we hear from our customers is “How much gas or fuel does it take to dry my product?” The reason the question is important to any dryer user is that the cost of fuel is typically the highest expenditure they make in the drying process. In general, the following amounts …
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CONCURRENT VS. COUNTERCURRENT DRYERS There are two basic types of Direct Fired Dryers: • Concurrent (or parallel flow) • Countercurrent (or counter flow) In both types of dryers, the material to be dried comes into direct contact with the hot process gases. These gases are generally provided as products of combustion from an oil, gas …
Vulcan® Drying Systems install crew was on site in Louisiana a few days last week helping a customer install their Frac Sand Dryer. This system is capable of drying up to 300 tons of Frac Sand per hour. Main process components of this dryer consist of: feed conveyor, primary treatment unit, discharge flap gate system, …